Instead of paper liners, these cupcakes are baked in ice cream cones to make edible Easter baskets.
30m
PREP TIME
20m
COOK TIME
258
CALORIES
9
INGREDIENTS
Instead of paper liners, these cupcakes are baked in ice cream cones to make edible Easter baskets.
30m
PREP TIME
20m
COOK TIME
258
CALORIES
9
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients 24 (1 cupcake) Servings
-
24
sugar ice cream cones
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Substitutions available
- waffle ice cream cones
- 1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food Color
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract
- 1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
- 24 pieces red string licorice, cut to 4-inch lengths
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 72 Jelly beans
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Trim off the bottom 2 to 3 inches of the ice cream cones. Wrap bottom of cones in small pieces of greased foil. Place cones in muffin pans sprayed with no stick cooking spray. (Cones should be slightly taller than muffin cups.) Set aside.
- 2 Prepare cake mix as directed on package, adding yellow food color and lemon extract. Pour batter into cones. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack. Remove any excess cake from bottom of cones.
- 3 Tint frosting with desired food colors. Frost cupcakes. Attached string licorice for the basket handles. Decorate cupcakes with coconut and jelly beans.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
(per Serving)
Ingredients 24 (1 cupcake) Servings
-
24
sugar ice cream cones
![substitution]( "substitution")
Substitutions available
- waffle ice cream cones
- 1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food Color
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract
- 1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
- 24 pieces red string licorice, cut to 4-inch lengths
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 72 Jelly beans
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Trim off the bottom 2 to 3 inches of the ice cream cones. Wrap bottom of cones in small pieces of greased foil. Place cones in muffin pans sprayed with no stick cooking spray. (Cones should be slightly taller than muffin cups.) Set aside.
- 2 Prepare cake mix as directed on package, adding yellow food color and lemon extract. Pour batter into cones. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack. Remove any excess cake from bottom of cones.
- 3 Tint frosting with desired food colors. Frost cupcakes. Attached string licorice for the basket handles. Decorate cupcakes with coconut and jelly beans.
TIPS AND TRICKS
To tint coconut: Place about 1/2 cup coconut in resealable plastic bag. Squeeze 2 to 3 drops of desired food color into bag. Shake until color is evenly distributed.
