New Harry Potter Butterbeer Cupcakes!

The craze with harry potter is endless. Toys, movies, video games, books, and now even recipes inspired by the food in Harry Potter. The face book stalker I am,  I stumbled upon a wall post  linking me to a blog called The Pastry Affair. The food in this blog just looks mouth-watering and the blogger is now doing a series on Harry Potter Desserts! We all know that the Butterbeer drink is famous at the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade and was introduced during the third installation of the book and movie as none of the wizards can actually drink legally.  This recipe was inspired from the drink into cupcakes so if your a crazy fan, and a pretty decent baker, try out this recipe for Butterbeer Cupcakes!  


This is how the blogger describes the delicious treats,




"The butterbeer cupcake is essentially a brown sugar cupcake infused with cream soda and butter flavors. If that isn't good enough, the cupcakes are then filled with a butterscotch ganache, topped with a rich butterscotch butter cream, and drizzled with more butterscotch ganache. The cupcake itself leans more on the denser side, but it still manages to feel light. The butterscotch butter cream is sweet, but not teeth-fall-out sweet. Don't even get me started on the butterscotch ganache..."


If your ready to eat this scrumptious dessert, here is the recipe copied from Pastry Affair!

                                                      Butterbeer Cupcakes 

2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup cream soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cupcake tin with baking cups.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract and butter flavoring.

Fold in 1/3 of the flour mixture, then the buttermilk, 1/3 of the flour mixture, cream soda, and then the remaining flour. Folding in these ingredients will prevent over-mixing and will result in a fluffier, less dense cupcake. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the cupcakes are golden and spring back when touched. Cool completely before frosting.

Butterscotch Ganache 
11 ounces (1 package) butterscotch chips
1 cup heavy cream

In a small saucepan on medium heat, melt the butterscotch chips into the heavy cream, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature before using.

Butterscotch Buttercream 
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup butterscotch ganache (recipe above)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
Pinch of salt
3-3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Splash of heavy cream (as needed)

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until light and fluffy. Mix in the butterscotch ganache, vanilla, butter flavoring, and salt. Beat in the powdered sugar for 2-3 minutes, starting with 3 cups and adding more only if necessary. Add the cream a tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved (I only needed 1 tablespoon).

To Assemble
Pour butterscotch ganache into a plastic squeeze bottle. Stab the tip of the bottle into cupcake and fill each cupcake with butterscotch ganache until it starts to overflow.

Fill a pastry bag with butterscotch butter cream and pipe onto the top of each cupcake. Drizzle on the butterscotch ganache. Lick your fingers clean if you just so happen to get extra butterscotch on them. If you have any leftover butterscotch ganache, it can be used as ice cream topping.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature (that is, if they don't get devoured immediately).

Here's the link to the actual site for the recipe and from here, you can look at this bloggers other harry potter treats from Honey Dukes treats, Cauldron Cakes, and more! I love Harry potter and I love the innovative and creative ideas that get inspired from movies and this is definitely one of them.


Love,
ALPHA