How to make an awesome no-bake Candy Cone cake

Baking (& eating) cakes are so fun, right? Sometimes I am less about the actual baking & more about the decorating. That is exactly where this Candy Cone comes in.

This ‘cake’ is guaranteed to put smile on your face! It looks great, it is fun to assemble & can be a lovely activity to do with kids. You just have to decide if you want it to look Pinterest perfect or not. If you get the kiddies in your life involved & go wild with the colours, you will end up with a Candy Cone that looks a lot like a Xmas tree which could be fun too!

It is not hard to put together, but I’d recommend that you read my tips below. Also, for a really aesthetic Candy Cone, you will have to do some planning & designing. I decided to make my pink ‘candy band’ swirls around the cone & then filled in the other sections with white sweets & treats.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Buttercream:

125g Butter
200g Sifted Icing
A splash of milk
Gel food colouring that will go with your colour scheme, optional

For decorating:

A polystyrene cone in a size of your choice (available from most craft stores; I got mine from Her-Annies in Centurion)
A mini sugar cone for the very top of the cone
Sweets & treats in your chosen colours (like Liquorice All Sorts, marshmallows, mini meringues, popcorn, macaroons, wafer biscuits, Smarties, mini doughnuts)
Toothpicks
Sprinkles in your colours of choice – I used a variety of the Nicoletta sprinkles
Edible glitter

DIRECTIONS:

Make your buttercream by beating the butter until pale, then beat in the icing sugar. If the buttercream is not soft enough, then add a splash of milk.

Stick your polystyrene cone to a small plate or round cake board with buttercream. Place the sugar cone right at the top of the polystyrene cone, then attach the larger items (like macaroons & mini doughnuts) to the cone with buttercream and/or a toothpick.

Now, apply small bits of buttercream to the smaller treats & stick them to the cone. You can also pipe some colourful buttercream roses in between your sweets & treats.

Fill in all the tiny gaps by adding silver balls or silver chocolate buttons in the gaps. Add some final touches by sprinkling your candy cone with edible glitter.