Harry Potter Cake

“Anyway - Harry,” said the giant, turning his back on the Dursleys, “a very happy birthday to yeh. Got summat fer yeh here - I mighta sat on it at some point, but it'll taste all right.”
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter cake from Hagrid

Here we are! The last post of our Very Potter Summer. It has been a really fun challenge to go through the series and pick out (what I feel) were the most important and special recipes. I wanted to end with this cake for a couple of reasons.

1. It is Harry's birthday today!
2. It is the first real food that is introduced to us in the book and the movie

This Harry Potter cake from Hagrid is super fun to make because it is a messy cake! No perfect lines here. It is sort of a mess and fun. The flavor is a caramelized white chocolate cream cheese icing with a chocolate cake. It is delicious, easy, and worth making.

What will you need?

Note that for the cake ingredients- it is for 1 8-9inch layer cake. Double the recipe for two layers. This is a 1:1 recipe. Can be made gluten free or regular!

For the cake:

1. 1 cup of sugar
2. ¾ cup + 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
3. ¾ teaspoon baking powder
4. 1 large egg
5. ¼ cup + 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
6. 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
7. ½ teaspoon sea salt
8. ½ cup sour cream (or greek yogurt)
9. ½ cup hot water
10. ¾ teaspoon baking soda
11. ¼ cup sunflower oil

For icing:

1. 8 tablespoon butter (½ cup)
2. 16 oz cream cheese (2 packages)
3. ½ cup caramelized white chocolate (instructions will follow)
4. 3 cups powdered sugar (if you want it a bit stiffer- add ½ - 1 cup more)

For caramelized white chocolate:

1. White chocolate - 4 oz

How do you make your Harry Potter Cake from Hagrid?

To make cake:

1. Set oven to 350°F
2. Take all of your dry ingredients and mix them together in a bowl. I like to use a whisk.
3. Add the rest of your ingredients.
4. Whisk together until there are no lumps.
5. Spray a 8 or 9 inch pan so that it is non-stick and pour your batter into the pan.
6. Try to smooth is out so that it will bake evenly.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
8. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the middle. If the toothpick comes out clean, then you know it is ready.

To make the caramelized white chocolate:

1. Once your cake it baked and cooling on a raised sheet, lower the temperature of your oven to 300°F.
2. Lay white chocolate on the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and swirl around with a spatula.
3. Put back in the oven for another 10 minutes. Repeat this process until the chocolate begins to have that caramelized color.
4. If you find it is starting to look lumpy, then transfer to your mixmaster bowl, and mix it. It will become smooth but the bowl will be very hot, so, be careful not to touch the bowl right after.
5. Place in a bowl or jar until ready to use.

To make your icing:

1. Beat the butter in your mix master
2. Add the cream cheese
3. Add in your powdered sugar
4. Place the ½ cup of the caramelized white chocolate into the bowl
5. If you desire (to make it more realistic) now is the time to remove some of the icing to mix green food coloring with in a bowl. In the bowl of your mixmaster add the pink.

Putting it all together:

1. Take your layer of cake and put icing on it.
2. Place your second layer on top
3. Smother the bad boy with icing
4. Take a piping bag and write out the happee birthdae harry on the cake
5. Serve and eat!

Why should you make this Harry Potter cake from Hagrid?

It is the moment that Harry finds out he is a wizard! It is very exciting. It is a fun and easy cake. It is also super delicious!

If you are looking for more Harry Potter Recipes:

I have you covered!
For Butterbeer click here
For Pumpkin Pasties click here
For Mince Meat Pies click here
For "Coconut Ice" cream click here
For Chocolate Frogs click here
For Felix Felicis aka Liquid Luck click here
For Polyjuice Potion click here
For Treacle Tart click here
For Hagrid's Rock Cakes click here
For Black Lake Brownies click here
For Pumpkin Juice click here
For Philosopher's Stones click here
For Sorting Hat Cupcakes click here

Thank you all for joining me on this fun journey. If there is another fandom or series that you would like to see the food come to life, let me know in the comments.

Always,
Laura

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