Birthday Baking: Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Ramsey's birthday fell on a Friday this year.  He was so excited to be able to bring treats to school and have a little mini party with his friends!

He asked for red cupcakes with baked-in Oreo cookies, like he had last year.  I had remembered a super fun cupcake I had when I was a child and gently persuaded him in that direction (it wasn't difficult!).   This year, we opted for ice cream cone cupcakes with jimmies and red candy "cherries" on top.    He did get his red velvet cake, but it was merely vanilla buttercream vs. Oreo.

While Momma mixed, he happily licked beaters, ate pinches of jimmy sprinkles,  and kept me company.  He did also help add sprinkles to the cupcakes, though I think he had more fun snarfing them.

 I made 27 cupcakes.  He ate one, so we sent 26 to school. 
When they left I hoped for two things:
     1) The cupcakes would NOT tip or get smashed on the way to school and
     2) I made enough cupcakes for everyone in his class, plus his two teachers (his class tends to fluctuate in the number of students).