House Sorting Cupcakes
House Sorting Cupcakes
Tina This recipe was created in anticipation of the worldwide Harry Potter Book Night. Made with a cream filling and vanilla buttercream, these fun treats are a delicious way to Sort guests into Hogwarts Houses on the fly. They're also a wonderful conversation starter at any Potter-themed event.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 24 cupcakes
- food coloring red, green, yellow, blue
Cream Filling
- 1/2 cup milk whole
- 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar (not powdered sugar)
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Vanilla Buttercream
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, room temperature
- 1 lb. powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2-3 Tbsp. heavy cream
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
Cream Filling
- In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk until smooth. Heat, stirring constantly, until very thick, thicker than pudding.
- Remove and allow to cool fully. Placing the pan in an ice bath will speed up the process.
- Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy in mixer. Add vanilla extract.
- Once cool, add heated mixture to creamed butter mixture and beat until fluffy. When finished, it will look like thick whipped cream.
- Divide filling between four bowls and tint one for each of the House colors. Fill one piping bag (filled with a round tip) with each color.
- Stick piping tip into each cupcake and fill until cupcake puffs up a bit. Alternate colors as desired.
Vanilla Buttercream
- In a large bowl, or bowl of a standing mixer, beat butter for 3 minutes.
- Beat in powdered sugar and salt.
- Add 2 tablespoons heavy cream and whisk on high for 4 minutes, until fluffy. If frosting is too thick, add more cream, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Swirl on top of cupcakes, taking care to cover any hints of color inside.
- Decorate cupcakes, if desired.
Notes
- Adding too much filling will cause the cupcake to crack open.
- The vanilla buttercream recipe was adapted from Bakingdom.
