Ice Cream Cupckes!

 I made these for a friends going away party and they where gone the moment I gave the first one out! It was pretty amazing that something so good can come out of my kitchen. Half cupcake, half ice cream...with marshmallow cream on top! The best thing was that it was very easy to make and you can mix it however you like.


  Red velvet and Strawberry Ice Cream

 Chocolate cake with mint chocolate chip Ice Cream

 
Ice Cream Cupcakes
1 box of cake mix (and any ingredients as directed)
1 pint of ice cream
1 cup of marshmallow creme
3 cups of  heavy whipping cream
48 white paper liners

Preheat oven to 375 and line 4 muffin tins with the paper cups. Follow recipe on the box for cake and place 4 tbsp of cake batter in each cup. Place cupcakes in the oven for 10 mins (if using a dark or non-stick pan lengthen bake time 3-5 mins). Take cupcakes out of the tins to completely cool, once cooled fill the rest of the paper cups with ice cream, about 3 tbsp (*tip: let ice cream soften while cupcake cool) Freeze them for a least an hour.
While freezing the cupcakes, time to make the frosting. Add the marshmallow cream and heavy whipping cream in a stand mixer. Put on low for 2-3 minutes, then on medium high to incorporate and high for another 2 minutes ( just until stiff peaks form). You can add food coloring if you want to make it more festive.
Take the cupcakes out and frost them with icing. (*tip: only do a few at a time it will melt) add tinted sugar, sprinkles or just leave plain.

Different combos:
4th of July: Red velvet cake, vanilla ice cream and blue colored frosting w/ star sprinkles
Grasshopper: chocolate cake, mint-chocolate chip ice cream, white frosting
Pretty in pink: yellow cake, strawberry ice cream, pink frosting with tinted sugar

Post your ideas here!