Baking for fun, is so much fun!

Anyone out there reading this know my mom? If you do, you know she is fabulous! Most of my fondest memories from my childhood involve cooking with my mom. Warm cozy meals at dinnertime, sugar cookies at Christmas, and cupcakes in an icecream cone. I was thinking about these Cupcake Cones the other day and I thought about how fun it would be to bake those with my daughter. We decided on Mint Chocolate Chip (since we both adore that flavor icecream). First we wrapped the cone bases in foil and filled them with chocolate batter.


Then we baked them...


Then came the best part. The mint buttercream frosting. I am not generally a frosting fan, but I added a little extra cream to this and it litterally tasted like mint-flavored soft-serve icecream. mmm...