Mermaid Cupcakes Stuffed In Ice Cream Cones This Dessert Is Almost Too Cute To Eat Food

CUPCAKE-STUFFED ICE CREAM CONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Stand the ice cream cones upright in the cups of two 12-cup muffin tins (or bake them in batches if you only have 1 tin).
• Whisk together the oil and eggs in a bowl. Add the cake mix, vanilla extract and 1 cup water and mix until no lumps remain. Divide the cake batter into 3 bowls. Tint each batter with a different color gel food coloring (pink, purple and green), adding as much as needed until the desired shade is reached.
• Fill the cones with the batter, alternating colors, until halfway full (they expand as they bake). Using a skewer in an up-and-down motion, marble the batter in each cone 2 to 3 times. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 14 to 16 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, microwave the pink, purple, blue and green melting candy wafers in 4 separate microwave-safe bowls (one color in each bowl) for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue heating for 5 to 10 seconds at a time, stirring, until completely melted and smooth.
• Pour the melted candy into mermaid tail silicone molds (2- to 3-inch tails), alternating colors. Place in the freezer for 6 to 8 minutes to set. Continue the process until you have enough mermaid tails.
• Spread the cooled cupcakes with the blue frosting. Press a mermaid tail into the center of each cupcake, about 1/4 inch into the frosting.

MERMAID ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Chill a 9-inch loaf pan in the freezer.
• Add the heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract to the bowl of an electric mixer. Using a whisk attachment, whip the cream until stiff. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the sweetened condensed milk until combined. Divide the mixture among 3 bowls, coloring one bowl with the neon blue food coloring, one bowl with the neon purple and one bowl with the neon pink.
• Layer the different colors of ice cream base into the chilled loaf pan a couple spoonfuls at a time. There is no rhyme or reason when layering; you want it to be imperfect. Once all of the base has been added to the pan, swirl the colors using a skewer or butter knife. Sprinkle an assortment of sprinkles over the top and wrap lightly with plastic wrap. Freeze overnight.
• When ready to serve, scoop into individual glasses and top with additional sprinkles.