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Get the kids to help you make these adorable cakes that look like traditional ice cream cones. Made using an orange flavoured cake base with vanilla, peppermint and raspberry flavoured buttercreams, everyone will be wanting one, or two.
Ingredients
20–25 flat-based ice-cream cones
Few drops of peppermint extract
Green food colouring
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pink (or red) food colouring
Nylon piping bag
Large star nozzle
7–8 chocolate flakes
7 tsp tiny chocolate buttons
5 tsp coloured sugar sprinkles
For the orange drizzle cake batter:
250g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin
250g golden caster sugar
Grated zest of 2 large oranges, plus 75ml orange juice
4 eggs, lightly beaten
250g self-raising flour, sifted
For the buttercream:
300g unsalted butter, softened
400g icing sugar, sifted
Flavourings:
Vanilla: 2 tsp vanilla extract or seeds of 1 vanilla pod
Chocolate: 100g 70% cocoa solids chocolate, melted and cooled, or 2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
Coffee: 2 tbsp strong black coffee
Raspberry/blueberry/strawberry: 4 tbsp fresh fruit puree (not too wet)
Lemon/orange/lime: zest of 2 fruits, finely grated, and juice of 1, added slowly at the end
Liqueur: 1 tbsp, added slowly at the end
Nut: 150g roasted, ground and cooled nuts
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Top the cakes with chocolate flakes, hundreds and thousands or even flavoured sauces to make them look even more authentic.
Preheat the oven to 170ºC/fan 160ºC/340ºF/gas mark 3. Place all the ice cream cones on a baking sheet.
Make the cake batter: cream the butter, sugar and zest until very pale, light and fluffy (it will take at least 5 minutes in an electric mixer). Add the eggs gradually, beating between each addition, along with 1tbsp of the flour to prevent curdling. Fold in the remaining flour and, lastly, slowly mix in the orange juice.
Divide the cake batter evenly between the ice cream cones and bake for 15–17 minutes, or until they spring back to the touch. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Make the buttercream: In an electric mixer, beat the butter until really pale and fluffy. Add the icing sugar and beat for at least 5 minutes, until light and creamy.
Divide the buttercream between 3 bowls. Add a little peppermint extract to the first, to taste, then a dash of green food colour, and mix until you achieve the desired shade. Add the vanilla to the second bowl and mix well. To the third bowl, swirl in a little pink food colour; do not blend it in as you are aiming for the marbled effect of raspberry ripple ice-cream.
Spoon the vanilla buttercream into the piping bag and swirl on to a third of the ice-cream cones. Finish each with a chocolate flake. Wash the bag and nozzle and repeat with the green buttercream; sprinkling with chocolate buttons. Wash the bag and nozzle again. Finally pipe the raspberry ripple buttercream into the remaining cones and decorate with sprinkles.
Arrange on a serving dish or cake stand.
By BAKE & DECORATE by FIONA CAIRNS, published by Quadrille (£12.99, paperback)
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Katy goodtoknow Recipes
What a clever idea - hope the bake sale was a success!
TJC
Absolutely gorgeous. I loved these as did my kids. Make them for any occasion, just use different food colouring and toppings. We made pink iced ones with pink sprinkles on for a Breast Cancer bake sale, using Fiona's rose pink buttercream..... vanilla extract and rosewater and pink food colouring added to the buttercream. Definitely my most favourite cupcake.
Your comments
Katy goodtoknow Recipes
What a clever idea - hope the bake sale was a success!
TJC
Absolutely gorgeous. I loved these as did my kids. Make them for any occasion, just use different food colouring and toppings. We made pink iced ones with pink sprinkles on for a Breast Cancer bake sale, using Fiona's rose pink buttercream..... vanilla extract and rosewater and pink food colouring added to the buttercream. Definitely my most favourite cupcake.