Page 418 - Cupcakes

28 flat-bottomed wafer ice cream cones

1 recipe cupcake batter of your choice (see “the Cupcake Doctor says”)
2 recipes Buttercream Frosting (page 318) or Chocolate

Buttercream (page 319)
Sugar sprinkles or miniature M&M’s

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Wrap a
small square of aluminum foil around the base of each ice cream cone and stand
the cones in ungreased cupcake pan cups.

the Cupcake Doctor says...

Choose a cupcake batter that contains three eggs and not a lot of other add-
ins because you don’t want the batter in these cupcakes to be too heavy or to
rise too much. The following work well in cones: Monster Monkeys (page
109), Cupcake Zoo (page 150), or White on White cupcakes (page 166).

2. Prepare the cupcake batter and spoon or scoop about ¼ cup batter into each
cone, filling it no more than halfway. Place the pans in the oven; if your oven is
not large enough, place two pans on the center rack and place the third pan in the
center of the highest rack.

3. Bake the cones until the cake springs back when lightly pressed with your
finger, 20 to 25 minutes. Be careful not to overbake the pan on the highest oven
rack. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks to cool for
30 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, prepare the frosting.

5. Remove the foil from the base of each cone. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a
large plain tip with frosting and pipe it on the cones in a generous spiral to
resemble soft-serve ice cream. Decorate with the sugar sprinkles or M&M’s.
Carefully place the cones on a platter or back in the cupcake pan and serve.