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Wafer cones make an unlikely but perfect case for light custard and vanilla sponge- decorate with buttercream and your favourite ice cream toppings

To decorate

Nutrition: per cake

  • kcal756
  • fat47g
  • saturates29g
  • carbs77g
  • sugars56g
  • fibre1g
  • protein4g
  • salt1g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Sit the cones in a muffin tin to hold them upright.

  • step 2

    Put the butter, flour, custard powder, vanilla, sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Beat together with an electric whisk until smooth. If you have nimblefingered little helpers, hand round pairs of teaspoons and set them to work filling the cones. If you’re making them yourself, spoon the cake batter into a food bag or disposable piping bag, snip off the end to give you a wide hole, then pipe into the cones, filling them ¾ full – this will enable you to get the batter right to the bottom.

  • step 3

    Bake the cone cakes, still in the muffin tin, for 30 mins until a skewer poked into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave to cool.

  • step 4

    To decorate the cakes, beat the butter until smooth, then add the icing sugar and vanilla, and beat again until well mixed. Put into a piping bag fitted with a big star nozzle, then pipe icing on top of each cake as you would a cupcake. Decorate with sprinkles, cherries, drizzles of sauce – whatever you like.

RECIPE TIPS
SUNDAE FUN

Add a hidden surprise to your cone cakes. Before you ice them, use an apple corer to remove a central core of sponge. Fill with an ice cream sauce of your choice, then ice and decorate the top, hiding and sealing the sauce.

WAFER CAKE CASES

Surprisingly, ice cream cones make great cake cases. As long as you pop them straight in the oven once you’ve filled them with the batter, they won’t go soggy. They don’t burn in the oven and they stay crisp once baked.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2013

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warnersj

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How long will they keep once iced without them going soggy.

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goodfoodteam

Surprisingly, ice cream cones make great cake cases. As long as you pop them straight in the oven once you’ve filled them with the batter, they won’t go soggy. They don’t burn in the oven and they stay crisp once baked. They should be fine once iced for at least a day or two, and even after that it…

Eldutton

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Once baked how long do they keep in an airtight container? I'm worried the cone will become soggy!

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goodfoodteam

Thanks for your question. They'll keep for a couple of days after making. You can also freeze them before icing.

Nashkerry

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Definitely add some baking powder - I made one batch with and one without. They did look amazing and great for a bake sale :)

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felicityd

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

We wanted ice-cream for our seaside wedding but we got married in February so it was too cold! My mother-in-law made over 100 of these and they were a big hit - everyone loved them, children and adults alike.

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kathryndonna

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I use a 3 egg Victoria sponge mix, using self raising flour, which is just right to fill a tray of 12 cones. As others have said, they are very unstable even in a muffin tin and need holding whilst you pipe the icing with the other hand. Also makes transporting them difficult as you need to pack…

pearsonmonkey08

Ive made these for my sons party and have used a shoe box and cut circles out of the top, then wrapped in wrapping paper to make it pretty, then cut little flaps over the openings (circles) so the cakes can be pushed through.

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