Today I’m sharing how to make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes with a custom baking pan. Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes are really easy to make, so adorable, and a great for kids birthday parties. This post contains affiliate links.

Part 1: Making Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

This post is divided into three parts: Making Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes, Easy Frosting techniques for your Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes, and finally, how to create an Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes baking pan.

To make your ice cream cone cupcakes, gather your supplies. I prefer to use a box cake mix (my favorite is Funfetti) and basic ice cream cones.

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Step 1: Line your ice cream cones into your custom baking pan

Start by adding your cones into your custom baking pan (see below for custom baking pan tutorial). Make sure you use your custom pan on top of a cookie sheet. If you don’t have a custom baking pan, tightly line your cones in a cake pan.

Step 2: Fill the cones with batter

For me, the easiest way to fill cones with batter is to put all your batter in a large gallon-size Ziploc bag, snip the corner, and squeeze the batter into the cones. Check out this tutorial for more details.

Add enough batter to fill them about 3/4 of the way full.

Step 3: Bake your ice cream cone cupcakes

Following the directions on the box cake mix, bake the ice cream cone cupcakes as if you are baking cupcakes. The bakes times and temperature are the same.

Once fully baked, remove your custom pan from the cookie sheet and set it on the cooling rack. Again, if you aren’t using a custom pan, carefully remove each ice cream cone cupcake and set upright on a cooling rack.

Now I will show you some great frosting tips.

Part 2: Frosting tips for your Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

For frosting cupcakes, I prefer to use the same technique I used for filling the cones with batter. It’s cheaper than buying a decorator set, easier to clean up, and the frosting swirl looks really cute.

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Step 1: Fill Ziploc with frosting

Fill a Ziploc quart-sized bag with icing. I am an “easy” baker, which means I like to buy box cake mixes and premade frosting.

Major tip: use a REAL Ziploc brand bag. Generic zip bags tend to be thinner and will explode. Also, I’ve personally found that the generic brands all leave a plastic flavor on your food.

The easiest way to fill the bag is to put the bag inside a cup and wrap the edges of the bag over the cup (like putting in a trashcan liner). Then just take a icing spatula and scoop the icing into the bag.

Step 2: Close your bag

When the bag is full, take it out of the cup and zip it up.

Step 3: Reinforce your bag

Small bag clips are a great way to reinforce your frosting bag. Add a small bag clip to tightly hold the frosting in the bag. It also ensures your Ziploc doesn’t pop open.

Step 4: Frost your ice cream cone cupcakes

Take your frosting bag and snip off a tiny corner of the bag. Congratulations. You have just made a DIY frosting bag. Now it’s time to pipe your frosting!

I LOVE the look of this piping technique way more than any piping tip you can buy. Start on the outside edge of the cupcake, slowly squeeze the frosting in a spiral motion towards the center. It should take about 3 full rotations.

A quick rotation around your cupcakes, from outside to the center, will leave you with a perfect frosting swirl.

Step 5: Add sprinkles!

While the frosting is still wet, add sprinkles. If you wait too long the frosting will dry on top and your sprinkles won’t stick.

Part 3: Creating a custom pan for your Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

And now, here’s a simple custom pan tutorial to stop all the spills.

Having a custom pan to hold your ice cream cone cupcakes while they bake is not necessary, it just makes baking them a whole lot easier. Order a pre-made one here.

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Step 1: Start with an inexpensive disposable tin cake pan.

I found this inexpensive tin pan from the dollar store. It’s going to be the frame for my awesome one-of-a-kind cupcake cone baker.

Step 2: Measure and cut circles for your ice cream cones.

Using a permanent marker, measure out a 3 x 4 grid. Trace around the base of an ice cream cone in the center of each square. Next, cut out each circle with an X-acto knife on a cutting board. The tin is very thin and easy to cut.

Once all your circles are cut out, Flip your pan over and place it on a cookie sheet. You are now ready to add all your ice cream cones.

Step 3: Add ice cream cones.

Here’s what the under-side of your new ice cream cone pan looks like.

Step 4: Bake ice cream cone cupcakes.

Following the tutorial above “Part 1: Making Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes”, you are now ready to bake cupcake cones.

Part 4:Enjoying your Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

My kids beg for “cupcake cones”. They would rather me make these for their birthday parties than buy a cake.

The flavor of the cupcake mixed with the texture of the cone is something you have to experience. They are so delicious. A firm outer shell enhances the soft inner cupcake.

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There you have it! Three great tutorials for Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes in one easy post; Making Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes, Frosting tips for your Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes, and Creating a custom pan for your Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes.

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Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes are one of my favorite treats to bake. They are my go-to when I want to bake something sweet and soft and have the perfect amount of sweetness, softness, and texture and are always the hit of any party or event. Cupcake Cones can also be made in a variety of flavors.

Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful week!

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