How to Make a Fun Melted Ice Cream Cone Cake

If you’re looking for an amazing and incredibly delicious melted ice cream cake recipe, look no further!

This fun cake will make your guests’ jaws drop! Made with a flavorful cake and frosting, a perfectly crafted ice cream cone sits on top.

This is a great cake to serve at any party, especially an ice cream themed one!

This recipe pairs well and tastes amazing together with a ice cream cone cake pop, vanilla ice cream cake or an

This recipe is sure to impress your friends and family, and it’s really not as difficult to make as you might think. Plus, it’s perfect for any occasion – from birthday parties to summer cookouts.

• Pre-baked cake
• Vanilla buttercream frosting, dyed blue
• 1 sugar cone
• Desired color candy melts
• White candy melts
• Sprinkles
• 2-4 pre packaged Rice Krispy treats OR cake pop dough
• Parchment paper

• Turntable
• Offset spatula
• Cake board
• Piping bag
• 8-inch round cake pans
• Decorating tip 3, optional
• Parchment lined baking sheet, optional

Instructions:

Prepare pre-baked cake and frosting.

Gather all materials

Melt the white candy melts.

Dip the rim of the ice cream cone in it.

Roll the rim in sprinkles or mini chocolate chips and set aside to dry.

Mold your “ice cream scoop” from the rice Krispy treats. Start with two and measure against an ice cream cone. For a more dramatic effect use 4 pressed together.

Use cake pop dough. Use an actual ice cream scooper to create the size of a scoop of ice cream.

Freeze for 1-2 hours before placing on cake and pouring chocolate drizzle over the top. The chocolate will set almost immediately on the frozen cake pop dough.

Start by placing two-thirds of the white frosting on your cake board.

Press your cake on top of the buttercream, this is the glue to keep your cake from moving. Fill the cake with buttercream, filling and or sprinkles.

Stack your two cake layers together and cover the cake in buttercream.

For sharp edges: place a second cake board on top of the cake (the same size as the cake itself. Use it as a guide to frost the cake and smooth. Freeze for 15-20 min. Remove the top cake board and then frost of the top of the cake, using the now hardened icing on the sides as the guide for the top of the cake.

Smooth as much as possible with your offset spatula. (If you can still see cake through the icing, chill it and add another coat of buttercream).

Over a parchment lined baking sheet, immediately press sprinkles around the bottom rim of the edge of the cake.

Melt the colored candy melts. Start by melting them on 30 second increments in the microwave, stirring after each. Use candy melts to resemble flavors of ice cream. White chocolate ganache resembles melted vanilla ice cream or pink ganache for strawberry.

Place the “ice cream” ball in the center of the cake. Scoop melted chocolate over the ball with a spoon to coat completely. Let the drops fall on their own.

Place ice cream cone upside down on ball.

Place a piping bag in a tall cup, fold the edges over the cup and pour the remaining melted chocolate into the piping bag.

Pull the edges straight up and twist closed the top end. Cut a small hole in the bottom to have better control of the drip.

Squeeze out chocolate onto the edges of the cake allowing it to freely fall. Slowly turn cake on the turntable creating the drip pattern.

If there is a gap between the drip and the “spilled Ice cream” on top, squeeze a little chocolate in the gaps and use the back of a spoon to smooth it out.

Notes:

• Using a frozen cake is the best and most effective way to ice a cake with buttercream. It will eliminate the need to do a thin crumb coat and chill the cake because the crumbs will be frozen and not loose.
• The trick to perfectly icing the cake is to over apply the buttercream and then smooth away the excess.
• Using a parchment lined baking sheet to add sprinkles is for the clean up process. All excess sprinkles fall off and are contained by the baking sheet.
• Fold the parchment paper in half and use it to put the sprinkles back into their container.
• Chocolate dries quick so move fast when doing the final steps

Use your flavor combination! A boxed cake mix work great here if you are looking for an easy cake. Otherwise you can try:

• confetti cake
• chocolate cake
• white chocolate marshmallow frosting