The care with which she handled 7 books worth of storylines and for them all to impact the final is just bleeding beautiful! When I was happy, I snipped off the excess, pushed in the ends and carefully removed the mug. I’m not a natural artist so the idea of freehand painting something so complicated just seemed ridiculous.
I chose a Harry Potter butterbeer cake with marshmallow frosting and topped it with sparkly golden snitches flying all around. No contest. I placed the Happy Birthday sign just before serving so I had room in the fridge for the cake!This sweet and simple Harry Potter cake tastes just like a butterbeer with marshmallows. I got stuck for 20 minutes on ‘The Forbidden Journey’ because the electric went out.
This cake was one of the first recipes that I made for our Harry Potter Club. I first tried butterbeer during In other words? This time though, I knew exactly how it was gonna look but I had no idea how to do it. The following day when the fondant is hard we’re ready to get the design on.Do a quick Google image search for ‘The Tale of The Three Brothers’ on your tablet or laptop and find the scene that you want on the cake.Measure a piece of parchment paper against the side of the cake and mark out the size available. Gaaah, before I get ahead of myself I should probably get started on this one first though eh?Bake the cakes in triangle pans if you have them, if not 8-inch round pans should work great and then carve the shape after bakingWhen cool, wrap the cakes in cling film and place in the freezer to chill, this will make them easier to frostWhip together 250g of butter, 500g of icing sugar and 2 tsp of vanilla until light and fluffy, if you need to loosen the mix, add a splash of milk.
I made the mistake of forging ahead to quickly the first time and ended up with little pock marks all over the fondant like this...Now for the painting, it’s so much fun! I then blended this into the darker parts with the help of the vodka to make the transition smoother.At this point, I wanted the cake to be a little moodier so I brushed some diluted black gel around the sides of the cake, careful not to get too close to the characters. I prefer to use it as an accent rather than a heavy-handed all over frosting.For our sweet springtime birthday girl, I love to make light and colorful birthday cakes. Mix to combine.Add half the flour mixture to the mixing bowl and stir to combine. I still get Harry Potter themed gifts every Christmas. Bless him, he didn’t know it was part of a series he just heard that it was the book of the moment. They will dry hard. We try to avoid dark colored cakes because I think that black food gel tends to leave an aftertaste. Which means regular pencils can be used on cake! You want the pressure to be just hard enough that the pencil on the other side will rub off onto the fondant but not so hard you’re denting the fondant. Make a yellow icing and ice the cake, making sure it's nice and smooth. If your vanilla happens to be very dark in color, you might want to To boost the butterbeer flavor, the recipe calls for adding more butterscotch sauce to the cake layers during assembly.
He finally receives his invitation to Hogwarts and the first book opens with a mysterious birthday celebration with Hagrid, a messenger who arrives with a sweet birthday cake for Harry.
Blending so that it was darker at the edge, lightening as it made its way in toward the centre.When you’re happy with the depth of the colour we can move on to the deathly hallows symbol.
The pencil lines transfer from the tracing paper to the real paper. And obviously, don’t root out a manky old pencil from the bottom of your miscellaneous drawer because who knows what germs are on there.
To avoid this problem, you’ll need to add wooden dowels to the cake to stabilize it.If that sounds too fancy and complicated, I would actually recommend skipping adding the butterscotch sauce to the cake itself. Snip off the excess from the end and smooth into placeAnd you’re done! Beat it with an electric mixer until it is smooth and creamy. Set aside.In a medium bowl, add the flour, baking powder, pudding mix, and salt. She has several Harry Potter party decorations and photo booth props as well. And it is! And I get it, they couldn't fit in all the details of the books in 2 and half hours but sometimes it still rubs me up the wrong way. Scrape the bowl. Beat the butter and sugar together for 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
Congratulations! I almost bought a Hermione wand at Universal once and still hate myself for chickening out.