Rainbow Sherbet Cupcones! [elanya]

(Crossposted from

earis is leaving for the summer ;_; But I used this sad occasion to bake something awesome!

Rainbow sherbet cupcones!

First things first, I used New Starlight Cake as my base recipe for the cupcakes themselves, then divided into three, and added zest (1 lemon, 1 lime, half a gigantic orange) that had been soaking in its own juice to each batter to get the three colours/layers.

I had my cones standing up in my mini cupcake pan, which was probably the perfect size, and filled, in three layers each. here's a closeup so you can see how much I filled them:

Then, baked! It took a little longer than I was expecting, and some of them browned a bit on the top. probably about half an hour, all told. I think it was because they were so deep and so closely spaced. I got 22 cones and a teeny cake (probably could have filled 24 cones, but two broke on me).

Cakes out of the oven:

I was really happy with how the colours turned out - very sherbety! I frosted the teeny cake last night with a basic butter cream flavoured with raspberry syrup, and Claire and I split it, to test the flavour. could maybe have used a bit more of an orange flavour, but otherwise awesome! I even bought orange flavouring, but never used it, of course :p:

For the cupcones themselves, I had decided to try a slight variation on White Mountain frosting. I used more of the raspberry syrup instead of the cornsyrup, and mashed in a handful of actual raspberries as well. I also coloured it pinker with food colouring. It wasn't as strong a flavour as I had hoped, in the end, but it looks great!