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I made these cuties for a May 2-4 barbeque my friend was having last week. They’re surprisingly simple to make, and were a HUGE hit at the party.
Ice Cream Cones
Simply put a bunch of flat-bottomed cones in a brownie (or meatloaf!) pan, and pour the batter directly in – filling them up until about 3/4 of the way. Pop them in the oven, and bake at 325 degrees (a little cooler than normal cupcakes so the cones don’t burn) for almost double the amount of time your recipe calls for. Because there’s so much icing, and the way it fills the cones they take much longer to bake (but it’s worth it!). They’re also totally delicious, as the cone gets soft and tastes AMAZING with the cupcake batter. The drips of batter down the side make them look like they’re melting a touch – yum!
Ice them any way you want – I used a 1M tip to do a traditional cupcake swirl, which makes it look like a soft serve cone; than covered with sprinkles. I wanted to use Peanut M&Ms to make “cherries” on top, but forgot to pick some up at the store. Oh well – next time.
Hamburger Cupcakes
These guys are tricker than the ice cream cones – but still super easy! Start off by filling your cupcake pan with vanilla cake batter. You need to fill an equal number of cupcake holes to the number of “burgers” you want (I made 8) to make your “buns”. Next, mix some cocoa into the vanilla batter to make a chocolate batter, and fill 1/2 the number of holes with the chocolate batter (so I filled 4) – these will be your “patties”
Bake them as you normally would.
Once they’re finished, let them cool and then unwrap all the cupcakes and place them to the side. Carefully slice your “buns” in half, and put them to the side. Next, slice the top of your “patties” off, and cut the bottom part of the cupcake in half. Put a bit of icing onto the bottom bun, and stick the patty on.
Continue doing this until all your burger buns have patties.
Next time I do these, I plan to pipe the “lettuce” onto the bottom of the burger instead of hiding a dollop of icing – so you 
could do that instead. I used the leaf-tip and wiggled it around while piping to get the lettuce effect.
Next, use red and yellow icing to pipe circles on top of the patties for your condiments. Close the burger, and use your finger to spread a tiny bit of water on top of the “top bun” than sprinkle with sesame seeds (the water helps them stick).
Volia!
BBQ burger and Ice Cream Cone cupcakes.
