.jpg) A wafer-style ice cream cone with a scoop of strawberry ice cream | |
| Type | Pastry |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United Kingdom (first documented recipe) |
| Invented | 1888 |
| Serving temperature | Dry and cold |
| Main ingredients | Flour, sugar |
| Variations | Waffle cone, cake cone (wafer cone), pretzel cone, sugar cone, chocolate-coated cone, double cone, vanilla cone |
| 23 kcal (96 kJ) | |
An ice cream cone (England) or poke (Ireland/Scotland) is a brittle, cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, made so ice cream can be carried and eaten without a bowl or spoon. Many styles of cones are made, including pretzel cones, sugar-coated and chocolate-coated cones (coated on the inside). The term ice cream cone can also refer, informally, to the cone with one or more scoops of ice cream on top.
There are two techniques for making cones: one is by baking them flat and then quickly rolling them into shape (before they harden), the other is by baking them inside a cone-shaped mold.[1]
- ^ "The History of the Ice Cream Cone". International Dairy Foods Association.