-Recipes-

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Ingredients

Optional

• 4 Piping Bags (They should ideally have large tips.)

Cupcakes

• 24 Cupcakes (Modify the quantity of cupcakes to suit.)
• Food Coloring (Use any variation of the Hogwarts Houses colors)

Cream Filling

• 1/2 cup Whole (Vitamin D) Milk (This should not be 2%, 1% or fat-free. If unavailable, then use appropriate alternative.)
• 3 tablespoons Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1/2 cup Butter (This should not be margarine and should be at room temperature.)
• 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar (This should not be powdered sugar.)

Vanilla Buttercream

• 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter (Use at room temperature.)
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 2-3 tablespoons Heavy Cream
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Butercream

• 1lb Confectioners' Sugar

Directions

Cream Filling

Step 1

While your cupcakes are baking or should they already have been prepared begin preparing the cream filling. In a small saucepan, whisk flour into the milk until smooth. Heat, stirring constantly, until very thick, thicker than pudding.

Step 2

Remove and allow to cool fully. You can sit the pan in an ice-bath if you don’t want to wait.

Step 3

In your mixer, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add vanilla.

Step 4

Once cool, add the flour/milk/vanilla mix to the butter and sugar and beat until fluffy.When finished, it will look like whipped cream, but be much thicker. Note: You can also shorten this portion of the recipe by just squeezing a bit of tinted Buttercream into the middle instead of the actual cream filling.

Step 5

Portion out into 4 bowls and tint one blue, one red, one green, and one yellow for the House colors. Set aside.

Step 6

After your cupcakes are cool, add your first color to a piping bag fitted with a tip. Stick your tip down into your cupcake and squeeze. You will see the cupcake puff up a bit. This is how you know you have enough. If you add too much, your cupcake will crack open.

Step 7

Repeat with the other colors. Scrape off any excess cream so the color will not show outside of the icing.

Vanilla Buttercream

Step 8

This section deals with the Vanilla Buttercream topping for the cupcakes. In a large bowl, or the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the butter for 3 minutes.

Step 9

Beat in the sugar and salt.

Step 10

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.

Step 11

Stir in the vanilla.

Step 12

Swirl on top of cupcakes taking care to cover any hints of the color below.

Cupcakes

Step 13

Add sprinkles and or other decor if desired.