Lemon Confetti Cupcake Cones Recipes

LEMON CAKE CONES

Steps:

• Mix homemade white cake or boxed white cake. Before baking, add in the lemon extract and yellow food coloring. Mix well. Bake as directed.
• Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
• Once cool, add the cake to a large bowl and break it into crumbs.
• Place the cake crumbs in the cones, packing them down tightly. Fill to the top rim.
• Using a frosting bag and a 2D frosting tip, pipe the lemon frosting in a circular pattern on top of the cones.
• Top the cones with the yellow dusting sugar and a lemon wedge. Enjoy!

LEMON-FILLED CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat lemon cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl for 2 minutes.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them about 2/3 full.
• Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven until very lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool cupcakes thoroughly.
• Cut vegetable shortening and 1/4 cup butter together in a bowl with a pastry cutter until well mixed. Beat lemon juice into shortening mixture until creamy.
• Stir 2 cups confectioners' sugar into shortening mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, until the filling is smooth. Set filling aside.
• Place white chocolate into a microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave on High for 15 seconds and stir chocolate. Continue heating in 15-second intervals, stirring between heating until white chocolate is melted and smooth.
• For frosting, beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in melted white chocolate and vanilla extract.
• Gradually beat in 4 cups confectioners' sugar, alternating with drizzles of orange juice, to make a smooth and creamy frosting.
• Cut holes through the top of each cupcake. Holes should be deep enough to put filling inside.
• Spoon lemon filling into the holes.
• Pipe the cream cheese frosting on top of cupcakes; sprinkle with lemon zest.

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE CONES

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix according to package directions; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth; stir in chocolate chips. , Place ice-cream cones in muffin cups. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of cake batter into each cone; top with a rounded teaspoon of cream cheese mixture. Fill with remaining batter to within 3/4 in. of top. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean., In a small bowl, beat the shortening, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Frost tops of cooled cones and top with sprinkles.,

LEMON CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 30 cupcake pan cups with paper liners.
• Sift the self-rising flour and salt together in a bowl. In another bowl, beat the unsalted butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating each egg until incorporated before adding the next. Mix in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
• Gently beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture, one third at a time, alternating with half the milk and half the lemon juice after each of the first 2 additions of flour. Beat until just combined; do not over mix.
• Fill the prepared cupcake liners with batter 3/4 full, and bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before removing them to finish cooling on a rack.
• To make the icing, beat the cream in a chilled bowl with an electric mixer set on Low until the cream begins to thicken. Add the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice, a little at a time, beating after each addition, until fully incorporated. Increase the mixer speed to High, and beat until the icing forms soft peaks, about 5 minutes. Spread on the cooled cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers.

SURPRISE CUPCAKE CONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 18 regular-size muffin cups; place mini paper baking cup in each of 18 mini muffin cups. Make cake batter as directed on box. Spoon batter evenly into regular and mini muffin cups.
• Bake mini cupcakes 10 to 14 minutes, regular cupcakes 15 to 20 minutes (18 to 24 minutes for dark or nonstick pan), or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• If ice cream cone holder is unavailable, make a holder for the cones by tightly covering the tops of 2 empty square or rectangular pans (at least 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep) with heavy-duty foil. With sharp knife, cut 18 "stars" in foil, 3 inches apart, by making slits about 1 inch long.
• Place about 2 teaspoons candies in each ice cream cone. Remove paper cups from cupcakes. For each cone, frost top of 1 regular cupcake with frosting; turn upside down onto a cone. Frost bottom (now the top) of cupcake. Place mini cupcake upside down on frosted regular cupcake; frost side of regular cupcake and entire mini cupcakes completely (it's easiest to frost from the cone toward the top). Sprinkle with candy decors. Push cone through foil opening in cone holder; the foil will keep it upright. Store loosely covered.

"JUST BUGGING YOU" CUPCAKE CONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Make cake batter as directed on box. Fill 12 cones about half full of batter. Stand cones in muffin pan. Refrigerate any leftover batter until ready to fill and bake remaining cones.
• Bake 21 to 26 minutes or until toothpick carefully inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Frost with frosting. Decorate with candies and cookies to create bugs and butterflies. Use small cookies or licorice candies for bodies, miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits for eyes and small pieces of licorice for legs and antennae. Store loosely covered.

CONFETTI ICE CREAM SUNDAE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the ice cream cones in 2 cupcake cone baking racks set over 1 parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until blended. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour alternating with the milk and mix until incorporated. Beat in the baking powder, salt and vanilla. Fold in 1 cup of the rainbow sprinkles.
• Divide the batter evenly among the cones with an ice cream scoop, filling 2/3 to completely full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes.
• Transfer the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a round tip or a large ziptop bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe a swirl of the vanilla buttercream on each cooled cupcake cone. Chill the frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Microwave the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwavable bowl on high in 30-second intervals, stirring until melted. Allow to cool slightly. Pour 1/2 teaspoon of the mixture in the center of each cupcake, allowing the chocolate to drip down the frosting. Working quickly, top each with a few rainbow sprinkles and a maraschino cherry.

LEMON-CONFETTI CUPCAKE CONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Cover tops of 2 (12-cup) muffin pans tightly with foil. Use sharp knife to poke small hole in foil over center of each muffin cup. Press bottom tip of each ice cream cone into foil to stand upright in muffin cup.
• Prepare cake batter as directed on package. Add dry pudding mix and milk; mix well. Reserve 2 Tbsp. sprinkles. Gently stir remaining sprinkles into batter. Reserve 3/4 cup batter. (See tip for how to use.) Spoon remaining batter into cones.
• Bake 22 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely. (Do not remove filled cones from pan.)
• Beat butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Blend in marshmallow crème. Gradually add sugar, beating on low speed after each addition until blended. Beat on high speed 1 min. or until light and fluffy. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with decorating tip. Use to pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Sprinkle with reserved sprinkles.

CONFETTI CUPCAKE CONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in sprinkles., Spoon a scant 3 tablespoons batter into each cone; place cones in muffin cups. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks., For frosting, beat butter until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, vanilla, food coloring if desired and enough milk to reach piping consistency. Pipe frosting over cupcakes; if desired, spoon chocolate topping over frosting. Decorate as desired.