Best Ice Cream Cone Cupcake Cake Recipes

ICE CREAM CONE PULL-APART CUPCAKE CAKE

Steps:

• Reserve about 1 cup white buttercream and transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Color about 2 cups buttercream dark tan/light brown (for the cone) using ivory food coloring with a few drops of brown. Color about 3 1/2 cups buttercream a medium pink (for the ice cream) using red food coloring.
• Assemble the ice cream cone: Arrange 8 cupcakes as follows to make the cone: one row of 3, two rows of 2 and 1 cupcake at the bottom. Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to dollop about 1/4 cup of the tan/brown frosting on each cupcake and smooth over the top and sides of the cupcakes (but not the liners) to make a cone shape, smoothing to a point at the bottom. With the back of a butter knife, drag through the buttercream in a crosshatch pattern to resemble the lines on an ice cream cone.
• Wash and dry the ice cream scoop and offset spatula. Arrange 15 cupcakes above the cone to make a scoop of ice cream with a flat-ish bottom and a domed top. Use the ice cream scoop or large spoon to dollop about 1/4 cup of the pink frosting on each of the 15 cupcakes and spread with the offset spatula, making swirls in the frosting so it resembles a scoop of ice cream.
• Pipe a freeform pattern of white buttercream stars on the top of the scoop to resemble whipped cream. Place a large red gumdrop on the top cupcake for the cherry. Sprinkle the white buttercream with multi-colored sprinkles.

ICE CREAM CONE CUPCAKE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, stirring 1/4 cup sprinkles into batter before spooning into prepared muffin cups. Cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese and marshmallow creme in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in COOL WHIP. Spoon half the frosting into separate bowl; tint with brown food coloring. Tint remaining frosting with pink food coloring.
• Arrange cupcakes in ice cream cone shape on large platter or tray; spread with different-colored frostings as shown in photo. Use toothpick to draw lines through brown frosting to resemble a waffle cone.
• Melt white chocolate as directed on package; spoon into resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to outline edge of cake. Top with remaining sprinkles.