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June 29, 2020 · 37 Comments

Butterbeer Cupcakes

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If you’ve read the books or seen the movies, you know that butterbeer is part of the Harry Potter universe. There’s been a lot of speculation in the fan community over the years as to what it tastes like. These are based on the recipe from Disneyworld theme park.
If you’ve read the books or seen the movies, you know that butterbeer is part of the Harry Potter universe. There’s been a lot of speculation in the fan community over the years as to what it tastes like. These are based on the recipe from Disneyworld theme park.

Butterbeer Cupcakes

If you’ve read the books or seen the movies, you know that butterbeer is part of the Harry Potter universe.

There’s been a lot of speculation in the fan community over the years as to what it tastes like, and there’s been lots of recipe experimenting.

These are based on the recipe from Disneyworld theme park.

These are the INGREDIENTS You will need:

Cupcakes:

  • 2 cups flour or gluten-free substitute
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup cream soda

Ganache:

  • 1 package 11 ounce butterscotch chips
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Buttercream Icing:

  • 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup butterscotch ganache
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 16- oz. package powdered sugar
  • Splash of heavy cream as needed

These are the Instructions For Preparation:

Cupcakes:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pans with paper liners. Combine your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, cream your butter until light and fluffy. Add your sugars and beat until well-combined. Beat in your eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then beat in your vanilla and butter flavoring.
  • Alternate adding your buttermilk, cream soda, and dry ingredients in batches until all are well incorporated. Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 full, then bake for 15 to 17 minutes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and cake springs back to the touch. Cool completely on wire racks.

Ganache Filling:

  • In a double boiler (heat-proof bowl over a pot of simmering water on the stove), combine butterscotch chips and heavy cream and stir until completely combined and smooth.
  • Cool completely.
  • Fill a small tipped squeeze bottle with ganache. Insert into center of cupcake and fill.

Buttercream Icing:

  • Cream butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Add in ganache, vanilla, butter flavoring, and salt and mix until well combined. 
  • Beat in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until reaching desired consistency. Add milk or cream by the Tablespoon as needed. 
  • Frost cupcakes and top with a drizzle of butterscotch ganache.

NOTES

  • You will need butter flavoring, and this is important because of its unique taste that can’t be achieved just with butter itself.
  • You must use dark brown sugar for the molasses flavor and a much richer flavor overall.
  • Only use vanilla cream soda. Do not use Diet!

The cupcakes start with some sweet confections, butter and sugar and cream soda. You can also use a yellow cake mix as directed. Gluten Free works well too.

The icing is a bit of a buttercream knockoff and contains butterscotch.

We used them for a Harry Potter birthday party and the children fell in love.

We had so much fun with the entire snack tray.

But these Butterbeer Cupcakes couldn’t be beat.

They are full of sugars and effervescents. The guests thought they were truly cheating and eating beer.

These were easy to make and not hard to pipe.

Next time I would definitely just use a cake mix. I would also add more butterscotch ganache on them.

I think they would be tasty filled with a butterscotch pudding. If you can’t find one just use white pudding and melt butterscotch chips as you stir.

It is a great hack when you need it!

Don’t have buttermilk? Here is how to make your own Quick and easy Buttermilk.

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If you’ve read the books or seen the movies, you know that butterbeer is part of the Harry Potter universe. There’s been a lot of speculation in the fan community over the years as to what it tastes like. These are based on the recipe from Disneyworld theme park.

Butterbeer Cupcakes

If you’ve read the books or seen the movies, you know that butterbeer is a beverage in the Harry Potter universe. 
4.72 from 14 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: butterbeer, Harry Potter
Method: Bake
Skill Level: Basic
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Resting Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Adjust Servings: 18
Calories: 357kcal
Author: Marilyn

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

  • 2 cups flour or gluten-free substitute
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup cream soda

Ganache:

  • 1 oz. package butterscotch chips
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Buttercream Icing:

  • 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup butterscotch ganache
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 16- oz. package powdered sugar
  • Splash of heavy cream as needed

Instructions

Cupcakes:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pans with paper liners. Combine your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, cream your butter until light and fluffy. Add your sugars and beat until well-combined. Beat in your eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then beat in your vanilla and butter flavoring.
  • Alternate adding your buttermilk, cream soda, and dry ingredients in batches until all are well incorporated. Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 full, then bake for 15 to 17 minutes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and cake springs back to the touch. Cool completely on wire racks.

Ganache Filling:

  • In a double boiler (heat-proof bowl over a pot of simmering water on the stove), combine butterscotch chips and heavy cream and stir until completely combined and smooth.
  • Cool completely and put into a squeeze bottle or pastry bag with small tip.
  • Insert the tip of the squeeze bottle or pastry bag into the center of the cupcake, filling the cupcake until the ganache starts to overflow from the top of the cupcake.

Buttercream Icing:

  • Cream butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Add in ganache, vanilla, butter flavoring, and salt and mix until well combined.
  • Beat in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until reaching desired consistency. Add milk or cream by the Tablespoon as needed.
  • Frost cupcakes and top with a drizzle of butterscotch ganache.

Notes

  • You will need butter flavoring, and this is important because of its unique taste that can’t be achieved just with butter itself.
  • You must use dark brown sugar for the molasses flavor and a much richer flavor overall.
  • Only use vanilla cream soda. Do not use Diet!
 
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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 357kcal (18%) | Carbohydrates: 38g (13%) | Protein: 14g (28%) | Fat: 21g (32%) | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 80mg (27%) | Sodium: 583mg (24%) | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 2g (8%) | Sugar: 17g (19%) | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 111.7mg (11%) | Iron: 1.6mg (9%)
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  1. blankMiz Helen says

    July 19, 2020 at 1:13 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and congratulations on the awesome feature! Hope you are having a great day and come back to see us soon!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 19, 2020 at 6:17 PM

      Thank you so much Miz Helen for the feature. And thank you for hosting each week! Stay safe!

      Reply
  2. blankCarol says

    July 16, 2020 at 3:34 PM

    Oh Marilyn! These look phenomenal. I think Ron Weasley would eat them all in a minute! July will always be Harry Potter month to me 🙂 Featuring when my party opens up tonight.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 16, 2020 at 6:53 PM

      Thank you so much Carol! That is quite a compliment. And thank you for the feature! Enjoy your weekend.

      Reply
  3. blankKippi says

    July 11, 2020 at 10:44 PM

    Yum, these cupcakes and icing look delicious.
    Have a great weekend,
    Kippi

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 12, 2020 at 12:10 AM

      Thank you so much Kippi! I am glad these butterbeer cupcakes appeal to you. Enjoy!

      Reply
  4. blankAnn says

    July 11, 2020 at 7:40 PM

    I will need to make these for my daughter, she’s a huge Harry Potter fan! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 11, 2020 at 8:01 PM

      Thank you Ann. I hope you all enjoy the cupcakes. Have a good evening!

      Reply
  5. blankJ. Neal says

    July 10, 2020 at 9:53 AM

    I have two ingredient amount questions….

    1. Would you take a look at the ingredient amount for the butterscotch chips (1 ounce ???) used for the ganache needed for 36 cupcakes? Would the correct amount be a 10- or 12- oz bag of butterscotch chips, or some other amount?

    2. And for the 16 ounces of powdered sugar listed for the Buttercream Icing for 36 cupcakes… elsewhere in the post you mention using almost the entire 32-oz bag of powdered sugar. So, what amount of powdered sugar is needed for 36 cupcakes?

    Your clarification will be much appreciated. The cupcakes sound sooo yummy, so, naturally, I want to make sure I make them right.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 10, 2020 at 12:25 PM

      Thanks for your question!! I recently switched my recipe plugin and some of my recipes glitched. Bottom line, is I ended up rewriting the recipe to correct the problems. I appreciate you bringing it to my attention. If you have any more discrepancies please dont hesitate to ask! Enjoy!

      Reply
  6. blankJulie says

    July 10, 2020 at 7:56 AM

    Woah! I’m in! These look delicious. I’m a massive HP fan and so are all my kids so we will definitely give these a go. They’ll be featured at Handmade Monday next week 😀

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 10, 2020 at 9:00 AM

      Thank you Julie for showing interest in the butterbeer cupcakes. If you get a chance to try them let me know how they turn out! Enjoy.

      Reply
  7. blankSuchot @ The Curious Frugal says

    July 9, 2020 at 9:23 PM

    Such a fun recipe Marilyn and the cupcakes look gorgeous!

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 9, 2020 at 9:38 PM

      Thank you so much Suchot! I am glad the Butterbeer Cupcakes appealed to you. Enjoy your week.

      Reply
  8. blankHelen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    July 7, 2020 at 3:09 PM

    These sound tasty and a lot of fun! I am a huge Harry Potter fan! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Have a wonderful rest of the week.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 7, 2020 at 6:24 PM

      I am glad you like the butterbeer cupcakes Helen!! They are delicious. Thanks for hosting. Enjoy your week!

      Reply
  9. blankanneinthekitchen says

    July 5, 2020 at 10:28 PM

    These look amazing! We have a big family friendly Halloween party each year, and I do all the food. I’m bookmarking these to add to the party’s menu. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 6, 2020 at 8:26 AM

      Thanks Anne. I hope they make the cut for the party. The kiddos love these and they are a quick grab and go dessert. Enjoy!

      Reply
  10. blankSarah @ Disney Magic Mommy says

    July 5, 2020 at 7:41 PM

    These look great! We’ve got an allergy in the house (my youngest) so all of our treats are home made. While I’m more of a disney fan than Universal, will have to give these a try!

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 5, 2020 at 8:17 PM

      I am glad you like them Sarah! They are delicious and the kiddos enjoy them. I hope the recipe can work for you! Enjoy your week.

      Reply
  11. blankangie says

    July 4, 2020 at 7:58 PM

    these look and sound delicious gonna have to give the recipe a try thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 4, 2020 at 9:09 PM

      Thank you Angie! If you do try these cupcakes let me know what you think!!

      Reply
  12. blankClearissa Coward says

    June 30, 2020 at 12:29 PM

    These look delish. TFS

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      June 30, 2020 at 1:21 PM

      Thank you Clearissa. Enjot your week.

      Reply
  13. blankErlene says

    August 5, 2018 at 6:08 PM

    Oh, yum! This recipe has my mouth drooling. Thanks for sharing it on Merry Monday. Pinned.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      August 5, 2018 at 8:00 PM

      I am happy you like these cupcakes Erlene. The pin is appreciated. Enjoy your week!

      Reply
  14. blankAmy @ The Quiet Homemaker says

    August 3, 2018 at 8:29 AM

    OMG! As soon as I saw the title I got excited! MK and I love these books! We just watched part 4 together last night and are listening to book 5 on audio! I have often wondered what Butterbeer was and what it tasted like. I can not wait to make these for MK! 🙂

    Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell!

    Blessings,

    Amy

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      August 3, 2018 at 8:51 AM

      So cool! My granddaughter is 9 1/2 and has just discovered Harry Potter. I have all the books and read them at least 5 times. The DVD’s are here, as well as the audio books. She is reading along to the audio and is just starting Goblet of Fire. It is a great bonding experience and encouraged her love of reading. She helped me with these cupcakes. But obviously it is best to start BEFORE dinner so the warm kitchen doesn’t make them droop. My son made butterbeer at work. That was delicious too. But you need to like slightly sweet and of course butterscotch. Let me know how they turn out for you! Enjoy.

      Reply
  15. blankpenpen says

    August 1, 2018 at 5:04 PM

    I can see from all of the above comments that we are all in the same world: our grandkids love Harry Potter and butterbeer cupcakes can’t help but bring us into their world.
    thanks for the recipe

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      August 1, 2018 at 9:07 PM

      Well said!!! I like that and plan on selling it to my husband. I will let him know later it was your doing. ?

      Reply
  16. blankAmy says

    July 31, 2018 at 6:10 PM

    My family loves Harry Potter. These cupcakes look so fun.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 31, 2018 at 7:05 PM

      Thanks Amy. I am reading the series with my 9 year old granddaughter right now. She is also falling in love! Have a great week!

      Reply
  17. blankMother of 3 says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:44 AM

    I just know my boys are going to love these! Pinned.

    Reply
    • blankMarilyn says

      July 26, 2018 at 7:31 PM

      Thank you Joanne for the pin!! I know your boys would love to drizzle on the top for you. ? Enjoy!

      Reply
  18. blankChas says

    July 25, 2018 at 10:44 PM

    Oh my gosh Marilyn! I know I am a big fan of yours and now I know my kids will be too! We LOVE Harry Potter in my house and I have a Butterbeer recipe I make. These will be a must try and I can’t wait to make them! Pinned, saved, shared! Sending huge hugs to you my friend! ?

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    • blankMarilyn says

      July 26, 2018 at 7:31 PM

      My 9 year old granddaughter is reading along with the audio tpaes. Then she and I are going to watch the movies. She is so excited!! My son works in a brewery where family comes. They have game nights and trivia and something each night. They had Harry Potter Trivia and he made a butter beer for the event. Everyone loved it! The cupcakes went along, too.

      Reply
  19. blankMarilyn says

    July 23, 2018 at 9:08 AM

    Butterbeer Cupcakes are straight away named after The Harry Potter movies. This recipe is based on the DinsneyWorld recipe.

    Reply

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