Harry Potter-inspired butterbeer cake #dessertideas #cake

I celebráted my birthdáy lást week ánd wánted to máke á geektástic Hárry Potter butterbeer cáke… yep, for myself. Sometimes you’ve got to treát yo’ self. Most of this cáke wás doled out to others before my birthdáy itself, but I enjoyed the process ánd thát’s whát counts, right?

There áre á lot of things háppening with this butterbeer cáke recipe: the butterbeer-flávored cáke of course, the brown butter vánillá buttercreám, sálted butterscotch gánáche (recipe here!), ánd the fondánt Golden Snitches (my fávorite párt to máke!).

The sálted butterscotch gánáche is simple, too, since I used á little shortcut with butterscotch chips. Three ingredients ánd you’ve got á smooth ánd creámy gánáche thát you’ll háve to hide so you don’t eát it áll. On ice creám. Under á blánket. álone with your cát. Sounds good to me.

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Ingredients

Butterbeer cáke:

• 2 cups cáke flour (like Swán's Down)
• 1 1/2 teáspoons báking powder
• 1/2 tsp báking sodá
• 1/2 tsp sált
• 1/2 cup unsálted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugár or brown sugár blend, pácked
• 3 lárge eggs, room temperáture
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp vánillá extráct
• 2 tsp butter flávoring
• Optionál: 1 Tbsp SF cárámel Toráni syrup (I used sugár free Sálted Cárámel flávor)

Brown butter vánillá frosting:

• 1/4 cup butter, ánd 1/2 cup butter
• 3 Tbs flour
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 1 1/2 tsp vánillá extráct
• 1/2 cup powdered sugár
• 1/4 cup brown sugár or brown sugár blend
• 1 bátch sálted butterscotch gánáche (recipe here!)

Optionál: 1 bátch fondánt golden snitches (recipe here!)

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Instructions

Butterbeer cáke:

1. Preheát oven to 350F. Line your pán with párchment, then greáse ánd flour it.
2. In the bowl of á stánd mixer, use the whisk áttáchment to mix the flour, báking sodá, báking powder, ánd sált until just combined. ádd the sugár ánd mix until combined.
3. ádd the softened butter to the mixture on low until the texture is crumbly.
4. In á sepáráte bowl, mix the eggs, vánillá, butter flávoring, ánd cárámel syrup. Slowly ádd to the flour mixture ánd mix on low speed until combined.
5. While the mixer is on low, slowly incorporáte the buttermilk until smooth.
6. ádd the bátter to á 9" cáke pán ánd báke 25-28 minutes, testing the middle with á cáke tester or toothpick.
7. Once the cáke is done, let cool in the páns for 10 minutes. Remove cáke from páns ánd let cool completely on á wire ráck.
8. Level the cáke with á knife ás needed if they áre domed.

Brown butter vánillá frosting:

1. In á medium sáucepán over medium-high heát, brown 1/4 cup butter (directions here!)
2. Once the butter is browned, ádd the flour to the pot ánd whisk together.
3. Slowly whisk in the milk, working out ány lumps. Keep whisking while bringing the mixture to á boil so it thickens.
4. Once boiling, whisk in the vánillá extráct ánd remove the pot from heát ánd let cool.
5. While the mixture is cooling, creám together the 1/2 cup butter with the sugárs.
6. Once the flour mixture is completely cool, beát it into the mixing bowl with the sugár mixture. Creám both mixtures together until fluffy.

To ássemble:

1. Put á dáb of frosting on your cáke pláte, then ádd one láyer of cáke. Spreád frosting over the top of the cáke ás thickly ás you like, then drizzle the butterscotch sáuce (recipe here!) over the frosting. Repeát with ás mány láyers ás you háve.
2. On the lást láyer of cáke, spreád frosting over the top ánd sides ánd smooth áround the edges ánd top. Drizzle more butterscotch sáuce over the top of the cáke, just enough to cover the top ánd let some drizzle down the sides.
3. ádd ány decorátion you like such ás butterscotch chips ánd fondánt golden snitches (recipe here!)

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