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These Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes are one of the cutest ideas ever! They make a perfect kids birthday cake
The meringue ‘ice cream’ gives these cupcakes the real ice cream cone look without all the mess.
Unlike using frosting to achieve the look, the meringue won't melt, make a mess or morph any of your toddler guests into sugar monsters!
Don't let the kids have all the fun - serve these up as dessert at your next cocktail party and watch the smiles appear!
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ingredients
kids birthday cake - ice cream cone cupcakes
Meringue 'ice cream' for the top of your cones - make this the night before
- 3 large egg whites
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- Piping bag or gallon size Ziploc bag
- cake - half a recipe of Lemon White Cake is perfect
- Filling - one box of your favorite instant pudding mix
- 16 cake type ice cream cones (flat bottomed)
- about 2 cups of white buttercream
- gallon sized Ziploc bags or disposable decorating bags
- A mellon baller
, if you have one
here's how you do it:
preheat oven to 200° F
1. in the bowl of your mixer, using the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites until foamy.
2. add the sugar a little at a time and continue beating until the mixture holds stiff peaks when the whisk is lifted from the bowl.
3. take a piece of parchment paper that’s large enough to line a cookie sheet and draw or trace 16 circles about 2 1/2” in diameter on to the paper.
4. lip the parchment and place on the cookie sheet
5. using a piping bag without a tip or a gallon size Ziploc with a 1” hole snipped in the corner, pipe a meringue 'ice cream' swirl to fill each circle, as shown.
6. bake for 1 ½ hours or until the meringue is dried out and crisp to the touch.
7. open the oven door a tiny bit and leave to finish drying out overnight.
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baking
kids birthday cake - ice cream cone cupcakes
1. follow the directions for your cake recipe up to pouring into the pans.
2. line up the ice-cream cones on a cookie sheet.
3. using a teaspoon or a small ice-cream scoop (2 tablespoon size is perfect), scoop the cake batter into the cones, filling only to slightly above the line where the neck of the cone widens out.
4. bake at 350° F for about 22-25 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
5. cool completely.
6. make up your instant pudding mix that you're using for the filling and refrigerate overnight.
Filling
kids birthday cake - ice cream cone cupcakes
1. using a melon baller or a teaspoon, scoop out some cake from the top of each cone to hold the filling.
2. put the pudding mix you made up last night into a gallon sized Ziploc bag or a piping bag.
3. pipe about a tablespoon of pudding into the cavity of each ice-cream cone cupcake.
4. using a gallon sized Ziploc bag with a 1” hole snipped in one corner and some white frosting, pipe a ring around the top edge of each cone.
5. gently push a meringue onto each cone, resting it on top of the ring of frosting, as shown.
You're done! Now go get a well deserved cup of coffee and sit back for a few minutes to admire your handiwork. Remember to take a picture while your masterpiece still looks perfect.
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