I loved Brooke’s post about Pinkalicious cupcakes the other day because it reminded me of my daughter’s obsession with Fancy Nancy. My daughter is not a super frilly girl like the character Nancy, but she adores all the fancy vocabulary words and cool decor in Nancy’s room. She especially loves the pages where Nancy goes to the ice cream shop and gets fancy ice cream while her parent’s and sister get plain cones. One of our favorite games is to do fancy dress-up during the day, we even do it with her food. The other day I decided to have some fun and made these great cupcakes in ice cream cones. Then I frosted them to look like pink ice cream cones with sprinkles and my daughter went bananas. Just like Fancy Nancy, Mom! They are fancy cupcakes just like Nancy would like! She was right, I think, Nancy would like these very very much.
Fancy Nancy Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
1 batch homemade vanilla cupcakes
12 ice cream cones
1 batch buttercream frosting
sprinkles
1. When you pour the cupcake batter into the muffin cups invert an ice cream cone on top of each one prior to baking. They will stand up in the muffin tin. Push them into the batter for stability if needed. Bake the cupcakes according to directions.
2. Once the cupcakes have cooled completely remove the cupcake liner and frost them with the buttercream frosting to look like ice cream. Serve!