Description
Harry Potter Butterbeer Cupcakes recipe. Enjoy these magical cupcakes that taste just like the popular drink.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 room temperature eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp butter extract
- 1/2 cup butterbeer (Flying Cauldron or cream soda)
- 1/2 cup melted butterscotch chips (Toll House)
- 1 cup room temperature buttermilk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Reduce the butterbeer.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add in eggs, vanilla, and butter extract.
- Mix in butterbeer reduction and melted butterscotch chips.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients and buttermilk to the wet ingredients and combine.
- Divide batter between 24 lined cupcake pan wells and bake.
- Make frosting by whipping butter and mixing in melted butterscotch chips, then add in powdered sugar. Mix until fluffy.
- Make butterscotch ganache by melting butterscotch chips and cream, then mix in honey.
- Pipe a generous amount of frosting into each cupcake and drizzle with butterscotch ganache.
Notes
- Make sure butter is softened and eggs and buttermilk are at room temperature for best results.
- Flying Cauldron butterscotch beer is recommended, but cream soda can be substituted.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg