This Upside Down Ice Cream Cone Cake is a vanilla cake with buttercream frosting and what looks like an upside down ice cream cone melting on top. Impress your guests with this show stopping cake!

The Story Behind the Cake

I made this cake for a photo shoot, but wasn’t the photographer. Why? Because I needed pics of me for my new blog design. So I wanted a really colorful, fun cake to be in the pictures, so this is what I made with some inspiration from a very talented cake designer – Katherine Sabbath. Isn’t it cute?! (Check out her website, it’s VERY colorful and she even has a “pop-up” recipe book.)

Scroll down to see the recipe I came up with to recreate this fun cake!

Picture Perfect Cake

I’ve had this blog for over four years now and thought it was time for a new look. I’m really excited about it. This cake was the perfect prop to have in the background of my main website photo! My friend, Andrea, was the photographer that took the fun photograph of me and this cake on my kitchen island and she did a fantastic job. Here’s the photo I’m talking about…

Keep scrolling for DIY step-by-step instructions for making the above cake.

DIY: How to make the Upside Down Ice Cream Cone Cake

This is just an overview, the full recipe is towards the bottom of this post.

1) Bake the cake in 3 (6-inch round) cake pans.

2) Level cakes and reserve tops.

3) Create the “ice cream cone” and refrigerate (full recipe below).

4) Fill and frost the cake with the blue tinted frosting using an offset spatula and bench scraper, add sprinkles and refrigerate.

5) Add pink drizzles and upside down ice cream cone.

Now it’s your turn. I hope you will make this super cool cake! It would be perfect for a kid’s birthday or maybe your favorite adult! It’s also delicious. Enjoy!

Tools for success

6-Inch Round Cake Pans (Set of 4)

Kitchenaid Hand Mixer

Wilton 13-Inch Offset Spatula

Stainless Steel Bench Scraper for Smoothing Icing on Cake (Set of 2)

Revolving Cake Stand Turn Table (12-Inch)

Mixing Bowls (Set of 3)

10-Inch Cake Boards (Pack of 25)

Duck Brand Drawer Liner (I use a piece of this on top of the turntable, under the cake board to keep it from slipping.)

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You might also like this Happy Birthday Polka Dot Cake

Don’t Forget to Pin to Pinterest

If you like the chocolate drizzles, you might also like this Chocolate Drizzle Semi-Naked Rose Cake.

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