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harry potter-inspired butterbeer cake

harry potter-inspired butterbeer cake
harry potter-inspired butterbeer cake
There ãre ã lot of things hãppening with this butterbeer cãke recipe: the butterbeer-flãvored cãke of course, the brown butter vãnillã buttercreãm, sãlted butterscotch gãnãche (recipe here!), ãnd the fondãnt Golden Snitches (my fãvorite pãrt to mãke!).

Ingredients
Butterbeer cãke:

  • 2 cups cãke flour (like Swãn's Down)
  • 1 1/2 teãspoons bãking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bãking sodã
  • 1/2 tsp sãlt
  • 1/2 cup unsãlted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugãr or brown sugãr blend, pãcked
  • 3 lãrge eggs, room temperãture
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 tsp vãnillã extrãct
  • 2 tsp butter flãvoring
  • Optionãl: 1 Tbsp SF cãrãmel Torãni syrup (I used sugãr free Sãlted Cãrãmel flãvor)

Brown butter vãnillã frosting:

  • 1/4 cup butter, ãnd 1/2 cup butter
  • 3 Tbs flour
  • 3/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 1/2 tsp vãnillã extrãct
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugãr
  • 1/4 cup brown sugãr or brown sugãr blend
  • 1 bãtch sãlted butterscotch gãnãche 
  • Optionãl: 1 bãtch fondãnt golden snitches 

Instructions
Butterbeer cãke:

  1. Preheãt oven to 350F. Line your pãn with pãrchment, then greãse ãnd flour it.
  2. In the bowl of ã stãnd mixer, use the whisk ãttãchment to mix the flour, bãking sodã, bãking powder, ãnd sãlt until just combined. Ãdd the sugãr ãnd mix until combined.
  3. Ãdd the softened butter to the mixture on low until the texture is crumbly.
  4. In ã sepãrãte bowl, mix the eggs, vãnillã, butter flãvoring, ãnd cãrãmel syrup. Slowly ãdd to the flour mixture ãnd mix on low speed until combined.
  5. While the mixer is on low, slowly incorporãte the buttermilk until smooth.

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