Muffin Minx: Ice Cream Cupcakes

So after a little break, I have now chained myself firmly back to the oven and will be baking at regular intervals once more.

With Summer putting in an appearance every now and again, what better to do that take a trip to the Seaside. And it was in Littlehampton the other weekend with some friends, that I had one of these badboys.

That's right, an ice cream with flake, dipped in chocolate!!! It was quite simply one of the most amazing things I've ever eaten. Three things occurred to me.

One - Why had I never had one of these before!?

Two - Why aren't these served everywhere!?

Three - What else could you do to make an ice cream cone that more exciting to eat.

So it was then my mission to combine ice cream and cupcakes.

I covered a muffin pan in tin foil and used this to secure flat ice cream cones in place.

Adding sprinkles to the cupcake mixture in order to make it that little bit more colourful.

Filling the cones to three quarters full with mixture, meant that my standard cupcake mixture made filled 15 cones, then bake in the oven for 20 minutes, gas mark four.