<P> An ice cream cone, poke (Ireland and Scotland) or cornet is a dry, cone - shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, which enables ice cream to be held in the hand and eaten without a bowl or spoon . Various types of ice cream cones include wafer (or cake) cones, waffle cones, and sugar cones . </P> <P> Many styles of cones are made, including pretzel cones and chocolate - coated cones . A variety of double wafer cone exists that allows two scoops of ice cream to be served side by side . Wafer cones are often made with a flat bottom instead of a pointed, conical shape, enabling the ice cream and "cone" to stand upright on a surface without support . These types of wafer cones are often branded as "cups". </P> <P> Edible cones were mentioned in French cooking books as early as 1825, when Julien Archambault described how one could roll a cone from "little waffles". Another printed reference to an edible cone is in Mrs A.B. Marshall's Cookery Book, written in 1888 by Agnes B. Marshall (1855--1905) of England . Her recipe for "Cornet with Cream" said that "the cornets were made with almonds and baked in the oven, not pressed between irons". </P> <P> Edible cones were patented by two entrepreneurs, both Italian, separately in the years 1902 and 1903 . Antonio Valvona, an ice cream merchant from Manchester, UK, patented a biscuit cup producing machine in 1902, and in 1903, Italo Marchiony, an ice cream salesman from New York filed for the patent of a machine which made ice cream containers . Abe Doumar and the Doumar family can also claim credit for the ice cream cone . </P>

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