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Harry Potter Birthday Cake

Happee Birthdae Harry Cake Recipe

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 32 minutes
Total Time 57 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 620
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • Pink gel food coloring
  • Green gel food coloring
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (for buttercream)
  • 3 cups icing sugar, sifted
  • 2-3 tbsp whole milk (for buttercream)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (for buttercream)
  • Pinch salt (for buttercream)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line an 8 or 9 inch round pan with parchment. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy, add eggs and vanilla, then alternate adding dry ingredients and milk. Stop when combined.
  2. Spread batter in pan and bake 28-32 minutes until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool 10 minutes in pan, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.
  3. Beat butter for buttercream until pale, gradually add icing sugar, milk, vanilla, and salt. Beat on high until light. Reserve a small amount and tint green, tint the rest pink.
  4. Pile pink buttercream on the cooled cake and spread in uneven swirls. Pipe green frosting in loose, wobbly letters spelling “Happee Birthdae Harry” across the top.

Notes

Let the cake cool for at least one hour before frosting, any warmth will melt the buttercream. If the green lettering feels too thick, add a drop of milk to loosen it to a pipeable consistency.