Ice Cream Cone Pull-Apart Cupcakes! Free Tutorial

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Oh how I love ice cream themed sweets! In this fun and easy cupcake tutorial, you will learn how to make adorable pull-apart Ice Cream Cone cupcakes!

These can be easily adjusted to fit the number of guests or desired colors for your party – this unique design is always a crowd pleaser!

Hi everyone! We have added a “minute video” version of this cute & simple ice cream cone cupcake tutorial! We originally posted this summertime favorite back in 2011 and the response over the years has been wonderful. It is such a fun and EASY design! The only difference that you will notice between the video & the blog tutorial below is that I no longer use piping tips to frost these cupcakes. I simply snip the end off of my disposable piping bags. This saves on cleanup time. Enjoy!!

How to Make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Blog Tutorial: May 20, 2011

Today we made ice cream cone cupcakes! This theme is perfect for summer parties and the best part of all is that they are SO quick to make! The most time consuming part is tinting the frosting.

As an added bonus, there are no worries of making the icing super smooth because ice cream is kind of swirly & lumpy-bumpy–hooray!

Here’s what I did…

First, I cut notches out of some waffle cones so that once flipped, the cones would lie pretty flat on my cake board. It’s best to saw your cones with a serrated knife. It’s a little tricky, but not too bad…I broke one though! :0)

We could have used one wide board but we decided we liked the look of three narrow ones better…

We used confetti sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, & toffee bits for decorations.

That’s all there is to it!! I made three tall ice cream cones for a total of 16…but wouldn’t it be fun to make a super long cone the length of the picnic table? Maybe another time…. But for now, these happy little ice cream cones make me smile… :0) —

Thanks for stopping by the blog!!! Have a great weekend!

Materials:

3 9×13″ sheet cake cardboards if you are doing the exact same setup as I used in my blog tutorial. (Each board is sliced longways, stacked, & wrapped to create one narrow base board.)

Your board covering of choice. I used a plastic tablecloth secured in back with a stapler.

Your vanilla buttercream frosting of choice

Disposable Piping Bags

Coloring Gels: I used Americolor Electric Green, Wilton Rose, & Chocolate Brown

Chocolate frosting for the “hot fudge” (canned chocolate frosting is a good shortcut)

Pink fondant with white 18 gauge floral wire (painted or colored pink with food coloring pen) to create cherry on top

Misc sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, etc. of choice

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Comments

Melissa Diamond August 15, 2012 at 11:04 pm

Yes, that should be plenty!
Rose Bakes September 18, 2012 at 2:24 pm

I have a customer who wants something like this… how in the world would it travel for delivery/pick-up (she actually lives farther than I deliver, so she would need to pick them up)??
Melissa Diamond September 18, 2012 at 3:41 pm

Hi Rose– I don’t think that your customer will have any problems. A dot of buttercream on the bottom of each cupcake will act as a good glue, and so will the frosting “scoops” across the top. For the ice cream cone itself, with it being a little heavier you may want to use warm (melted) white candy melts as your glue….but I remember that even with buttercream, it seemed nice and secure after it had a chance to set up.

If your boards are the same size as mine, you can transport each one in it’s own sheet cake box (meant for 9×13″ cakes). A little snippet/square of rubber shelf liner is also good for preventing sliding. You could use this beneath your cake board if your box is a lot larger than the cake, or even beneath the bakery box as you load it in the car. *Cake boards really need to travel on a completely flat surface. Hope this helps!
Rose Bakes September 18, 2012 at 4:35 pm

Thanks Melissa!
Virginie @ That Cute Little Cake September 26, 2012 at 4:54 pm

Thank you so much for sharing this great tutorial. I used it to create a cake for my little girl’s birthday ! You can see the pictures here: link to thatcutelittlecake.com
I have linked back to you so my readers can find your tutorial
Thanks again
Virginie
Patti March 9, 2013 at 11:27 am

My daughter works at a ice cream shop and this would be so cute for her birthday!!
Angela June 22, 2013 at 4:23 pm

I just made these for my daughter’s 1st birthday. They were adorable and were a hit! Thanks so much for the creative ideas and clear instructions:)
Melanie July 11, 2013 at 4:09 am

I am making these for my sons 5th birthday party. I have my cake boards cut and taped together, however I’ve ran into a bit of a wrinkle. How on earth do you get the wrinkles out of the plastic table cloth. Yours look absolutely perfect. Love this idea and hope mine turn out as cute.
BeBe July 11, 2013 at 7:39 am

Hi Melanie, I tape the plastic tablecloth on the board, once it is on, there are usually some wrinkles remaining. I add additional pieces of tape that will pull those areas that have wrinkles…….the plastic will stretch and remove those wrinkles………often there is a lot of tape on the back of the board. The plastic used for tablecloths seems to vary and the tape that will stick vary also. You will need to experiment to see what holds best for the plastic you use. I most often use the silver duct tape, but have used regular household Scotch tape, even electrical tape.
Melanie July 11, 2013 at 5:28 pm

Thanks for your advice BeBe. I got the plastic taped on just fine. Regular scotch tape work really well. I decorated a test batch with three cupcakes and they turned out super cute. Thanks again for this darling whimsical idea.
Lauren Lincoln May 29, 2014 at 2:50 pm

I need to have a BBQ or something so I can have an excuse to make these this weekend.
Michal May 29, 2014 at 4:23 pm

So creative and bet it’s delicious
Sinea June 17, 2015 at 10:15 pm

Wow! Just pinned this and am featuring it in my fourth Cupcake Parade on Ducks’ na Row this Friday! Hope you can stop by:)
Elizabeth July 7, 2015 at 8:48 am

That is lovely. Thank you.
Tammy July 7, 2015 at 4:06 pm

So cute
Nancy July 7, 2015 at 11:36 pm

To trim the cones a zester/grater works super and the cones don’t break. I’ve used it several times for other decorating with sugar cones.
Melissa Diamond July 8, 2015 at 8:32 am

Thanks everyone for your nice comments!! @Nancy~ Great tip about the zester/grater. Will have to try it next time!
Carla July 8, 2015 at 9:19 am

Love it!!!! Perfect for summer!!
C Peterson July 10, 2015 at 5:03 am

These are adorable – can’t wait to start making my own!