Harry Potter-inspired butterbeer cake

Harry Potter-inspired butterbeer cake

Ingredients

Butterbeer cake:

• 2 cups cake flour (like Swan's Down)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar or brown sugar blend, packed
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp butter flavoring
• Optional: 1 Tbsp SF caramel Torani syrup (I used sugar free Salted Caramel flavor)
• Brown butter vanilla frosting:
• 1/4 cup butter, and 1/2 cup butter
• 3 Tbs flour
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar or brown sugar blend

1 batch salted butterscotch ganache (recipe here!)

Optional: 1 batch fondant golden snitches (recipe here!)

Instructions

Butterbeer cake:

1.    Preheat oven to 350F. Line your pan with parchment, then grease and flour it.

2.    In the bowl of a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment to mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until just combined. Add the sugar and mix until combined.

3.    Add the softened butter to the mixture on low until the texture is crumbly.

4.    In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, vanilla, butter flavoring, and caramel syrup. Slowly add to the flour mixture and mix on low speed until combined.

5.    While the mixer is on low, slowly incorporate the buttermilk until smooth.

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