When I think of summer I think of lazy pool days, long summer nights, kids running in and out of the house, and cold refreshing treats like snowcones. So when my daughter asked to bake cupcakes yesterday I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to try out an idea I saw in a magazine. Snowcone cupcakes!
Cake Ingredients–
box cake mix (or your own recipe) *needed in my box mix
*oil
*eggs
*water
Frosting Ingredients:
milk
powdered sugar
Colored Ice Sprinkles:
raw sugar
food coloring
1. I followed the instructions on the back of my box cake mix and made the cupcakes. Set aside to cool.
2. The I added a few drops of food coloring to each separated raw sugar cups. I used yellow, red, and blue coloring for this and mixed them up to get colored sugar.
3. Then I made my frosting by adding about a tablespoon of milk to a cup of powdered sugar. FYI-This frosting hardens up quickly so you need to work fast.
4. Next I dipped the cupcake into the frosting, then into the sugar and rolled it from front to back. This gave me clean lines and made it look like a genuine snowcone.
5. I then made paper cones out of some pretty paper, and stuck my cupcakes into them.
And there ya have it…
A perfect summer treat for the young and young of heart. Snowcone Cupcakes.
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Enjoy!
Those look so cute and fun, thanks for sharing the recipe!!
These are so cute. But now I really want a snow cone. Mmmm
O my goodness I absolutely love these! I host a weekly link party that goes live tomorrow night at 8 EST and I’d love for you to link these up.
Genius! The perfect cupcake for summer! I’d love it if you’d share this at my party going on now!
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They Look beautiful!! And i’m so lviong your blog and photos!!! since signing up with Betty I realize I need to sit down and really figure out this blog thing before our Sept assignment! 🙂 Congrats on some beautiful looking cupcakes though!
They’re really cute! I don’t usually get such a rounded top on my cupcakes though. I’m gonna try to make these!
Awe, they do look like snow cones! How clever! Thanks for this great idea.
Blessings,
Susie
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