Re-Creating My Childhood Ice Cream Cone Cupcake

Jan
27

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When I was a kid, my mom would bake cupcakes in ice cream cones as a special treat. That was back when cupcake pans didn’t come in all sorts of amazing shapes and having a cupcake in an ice cream cone was a novelty. It was also back when bringing homemade treats to school was the norm. Nobody I knew brought store-bought goodies to share.

So on my birthdays my mom would bake a batch of ice cream cone cupcakes and pile the frosting high. She’d load up a well-worn Tupperware container (leftover from when she sold them out of her big blue suitcase), and I’d board the bus holding my prize cupcakes, beaming with pride to have something so cool to share with my class.

I haven’t thought of those cupcakes for years. But the other day, in the middle of a super rainy, overcast week, I remembered them. I wondered if they’d be such a big hit today with all the treats, novelty candies, and stuff that glitters these days. But, I really wanted to make some, so I used the rain as an excuse and whipped up a batch to share with my nieces and nephews.

Normally, I like to make batter from scratch, but because my mom always used a boxed mix for this treat, I decided to do the same. I let the kids decide the flavor of the cake mix. They picked rainbow confetti, which wouldn’t have been my first choice, but alas, they were for them, right?

I placed an ice cream cone in each hole of a regular sized muffin tin and threw 4 mini marshmallows in the bottom of each cone just for fun. I then filled the cones with batter up to the part where the rim angles out on the cone. Contrary to what you might think, the cones are amazingly stable in the tins and are easy to transport to and from the oven without them falling over.

When they came out of the oven, I carefully picked up each one and pricked the bottom of the cone with a tiny hole (I used the point of a sharp knife, you could also use a fork, etc.) to help the steam release and to keep the cone from getting soggy.

The mini marshmallow idea didn’t turn out to be so great as they bubbled up to the surface and made the cupcakes a bit brown, lumpy, and sticky. Although the kids loved how they tasted, I was worried about the LOOKS!

My mom made some kind of stiff frosting that she cooked on the stove, but I don’t have a recipe for it, nor do I know what it was called. Because of the consistency of the frosting, she was able to pile it high on the cupcake to make it look like a stack of ice cream on top of the cone. In order to make up for the lack of stackable frosting, I baked some of the cake batter in mini muffin tins, spraying the tins with cooking spray and not using cupcake papers. Once they cooled, I turned them upside down and “glued” them to the top of the cooled cupcake to create some height.

I frosted them with a basic butter cream frosting made by throwing softened butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar together with a tiny bit of cream. I don’t have a recipe for this, either–I just dump the ingredients together and mix until I have a creamy consistency.

I frosted the cupcakes and sprinkled them with candy toppings.

And I held my breath to see what the kids of today would think of such a simple treat. Of course, I worried for nothing.

They were a smashing success! It ended up being a fun rainy day treat for the kids and a great nostalgic trip down memory lane for me.


Also see Kerrie’s Kid-Friendly Granola.


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Comments

  1. Alison says:

    It sounds like the Seven Minute White Icing that my Grandma used to make. The recipe is here https://farmbellrecipes.com/7-minute-white-icing

  2. huntermom says:

    Oh, memories. I used to make these for my kids, esp. at Easter. I tinted the icing green, colored coconut green–gotta have grass..Used Twizzlers for the handles of the basket and put jelly beans in the grass. Really cute…again when you could send home made treats to school. What more could you want…an Easter basket you could eat.

  3. Pete says:

    These are just adorable!

  4. Kathi N says:

    These look pretty and sound tasty!

    When I was about 10 and in Girl Scouts, my troop leader put canned spaghetti in ice cream cones at day-camp. What was she thinking?! It was awful.

  5. LisaAJB says:

    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE marshmallows, and marshmallows with cakes sounds fantastic to me!!! Thanks for the great idea.

  6. Astrid says:

    Ohhhh what a fun idea, I bet ya my 14 yr old will still love them.
    It won’t be a rainy day any time soon, but a snow day will do just fine.
    Thanks for sharing this.

  7. Marianne says:

    I forgot all about these! Never had them when I was a kid, but fun to make when my kids were little.

  8. Judy says:

    I was watching Down Home With The Neelys yesterday…Gina made these. What a fun treat to make for the kids and the grown-ups too. Very pretty.

  9. Brenda H. says:

    My daughter is turning 8 on Monday. I think I will make these for her to take to school. She asked for cupcakes but I think these will go over much better. Thanks for such a great post!

  10. Kerrie says:

    Oh Alison, I think you’re right! 7 minute frosting! Thanks for the tip. Now, of course, I must make them again!! 🙂
    Huntermom, that’s a great idea…I might have to try that out too.
    Kathi N.–Eeeew! Yuck!

  11. whaledancer says:

    I remember these from my “Betty Crocker Cookbook for Boys and Girls.” They were special enough to rate a picture in the color photo section in the middle of the book.

  12. houseful says:

    The last time we made these, they must have been filled too high. The batter spilled out of the top “melting” the side of the cone. So, if anyone is going to make them, be careful not to overfill them.

  13. katpecosa1 says:

    Thanks for the memory!!! The last time I made these were for my daughter’s 3rd Birthday… That was 20 years ago!!! Kid’s (and I must admit I did too) love them!

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