“It would definitely be a special-occasion type of recipe due to the amount of effort involved, unless you use store-bought mix as a shortcut for the cake. The kids especially liked watching the icing part and were an excellent jury — rating whether or not I’d been able to achieve the look of an ice cream cone or not.”
Carly Cleverdon, mom of Meara, 7, Rhett and Naomi, both 5, Cobourg, Ont.
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Soft Serve Ice Cream Chocolate Cake Cones
Mix up regular party cake with these fun mini cakes. No need for plates or messy melting - just bake, cool and ice. You can make the full recipe and send one cute cone home with each mini partygoer or cut recipe in half if you just want 12. Too busy for scratch cake and icing? Use a chocolate cake mix and the "whipped" style icing. A typical mix will make about 30 mini cones.
Loading ...June 1st, 2009
By LeeAnne Wright
Servings
Makes 24 conesPrep Time
Prep: 15 minutes Ready to Ice: 45 MinutesIngredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 350-deg. F.
Place the cones standing up in two 12-cup muffin tins.
Mix cocoa and boiling water together in a small bowl until smooth. Whisk in buttermilk, brown sugar and vanilla.
Using a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer, beat butter at medium speed for one minute or until smooth. Gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy and white. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well in between.
Whisk flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a medium bowl. With the mixer on the lowest speed, add half of the dry ingredients followed by wet ingredients. Mix until almost incorporated, then repeat with remaining ingredients. Scrape down sides of bowl and continue to mix until batter looks shiny, about one minute.
Fill each cone two-thirds full or about one inch from the rim. Do not overfill or the batter will run out of the cone while baking.
Bake in oven for 20 minutes or until the cake feels springy in the center and a tester comes out clean.
Let cool completely before icing.
Click here for Satin Icing recipe.
Nutrients Per Serving
Nutrients per serving (1 cone): 253 calories, 5 g fat, 30 mg calcium, 133 mg sodium, 51 g carbohydrates, 1 g fibre, 3 g protein.
Photo by James Tse
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