Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes Recipe

This was the coveted birthday treat when I was a kid. If you had Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes at your birthday party, the cool kids were sure to come. I'm looking forward to making these for Emmy's first birthday in a couple of weeks. 

These can be a little tricky to bake, so here's a little how-to video from Martha on how to make them. She uses a slightly different recipe for more grown up ice cream cone cupcakes with coffee in the cake and frosting, sounds yummy.

The full recipe is after the jump 

Cupcake Photo From Here 

Cupcake Recipe
12 flat-bottomed sugar ice cream cones
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp pure (or imitation) vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk
(for chocolate cupcakes, add 3 tsps cocoa powder to flour mixture)
Directions

1. Preheat oven to 175C degrees (350F). Use a regular muffin/cupcake baking tray and create a doughnut shape of aluminium foil to sit around the bottom of the cone in the muffin tray, so the cone is stable in the tray. 
2. To make cupcakes: Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt (for chocolate cupcakes, add 3 tsps cocoa powder to flour mixture). With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of milk, and beating until combined after each. Fill each cone with 2 to 3 tablespoons batter (or 2/3 full). Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centres comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
   TIP!! If your batter is too runny it can crack the cone and leak out. Make sure your batter is a thick consistency. 

Frosting Recipe430g butter

1kg icing sugar

1/2 cup (125ml) milk

2 tsps vanilla essence

(for chocolate cupcakes, add 2 tsps cocoa powder to flour mixture)

Cream the butter together until soft and smooth. Gradually add the icing sugar, milk, (for chocolate cupcakes, add 3 tsps cocoa powder to flour mixture) and vanilla essence. Mix until smooth.

Cupcake Recipe adapted from Martha
Icing Recipe adapted from this recipe
Cupcake photo from here