Name: Ice-cream cones
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 470g packet butter cake mix; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; pink colouring; 6 square-based ice-cream cones; 40 gram dark chocolate melts; chocolate hundreds and thousands; 2 red glacé cherries; 1 teaspoon crushed unsalted peanuts; 1 ice-cream wafer; 5 white choc bits; 1 wafer stick, halved; Butter cream; 125 gram butter, softened; 1 1/2 cup (240g) icing sugar, sifted; 2 tablespoon milk

Ingredients

1 470g packet butter cake mix

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

pink colouring

6 square-based ice-cream cones

40 gram dark chocolate melts

chocolate hundreds and thousands

2 red glacé cherries

1 teaspoon crushed unsalted peanuts

1 ice-cream wafer

5 white choc bits

1 wafer stick, halved

Butter cream

125 gram butter, softened

1 1/2 cup (240g) icing sugar, sifted

2 tablespoon milk

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 6-hole (¾-cup/180ml) texas muffin pan.

2.Make cake according to directions on packet. Drop 1/3 cup of the mixture into each hole; bake about 25 minutes. Stand cakes in pan 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

3.To make butter cream, beat butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Gradually beat in half the icing sugar and beat until as white as possible. Add milk and continue beating, then add remaining icing sugar. Beat until a smooth, spreadable consistency.

4.Divide butter cream into three small bowls. Leave one bowl plain; stir sifted cocoa into another bowl. Tint remaining butter cream pink.

5.Trim tops of cakes to make them into a dome shape as pictured.

6.Using picture as a guide, spread the cakes with the different coloured butter creams.

7.Top each ice-cream cone with a cake. Melt chocolate; cool slightly before pouring over top of ice-cream top. Using picture as a guide, decorate the cones using remaining lollies.

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