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Sorting Hat Cupcakes

By Lena AbrahamUpdated: Mar 19, 2019

2 Ratings

preview for These Cupcakes Can Tell You Which House You Belong In

The Sorting Hat knows all and now it can even put us mere muggles into a Hogwarts house. Grab yourself a Butterbeer Hot Cocoa and take a bite of your cupcake and discover what house you belong in!

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Yields:: 20
Prep Time:: 15 mins
Total Time:: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

1
box white cake mix, plus ingredients called for on box

For the hats

1/4 c.
chocolate chips, melted
20
chocolate kisses
10
Oreos, cream removed

For the buttercream

1 1/2 c.
(3 sticks) butter, softened
6 c.
powdered sugar
2 tbsp.
butterscotch syrup
1/4 c.
heavy cream, plus more if needed
Pinch kosher salt
Red, yellow, green, and blue food coloring
Gold sprinkles, for garnish

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 350° and line two cupcake tins with liners. Prepare cake mix according to package instructions and divide batter evenly between liners. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely.
2. Step 2Meanwhile, make hats: Using a butter knife, spread chocolate onto bottom of a Kiss and press into center of Oreo cookie. Repeat until all hats are made and set aside to harden, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Step 3Meanwhile, make buttercream: In a large bowl using a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, beat butter until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat until combined, then add butterscotch, heavy cream, and a pinch of salt and beat until combined. Set aside 1/3 cup portions of frosting in 4 separate bowls. Dye each bowl house colors: red, yellow, green, and blue.
4. Step 4Using a melon baller or teaspoon, scoop out center of each cupcake to make a well. Fill each well with the different colored buttercream.
5. Step 5Frost all cupcakes with remaining white buttercream and top with gold sprinkles and hats.

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Lena Abraham

Contributor

Lena Abraham is a freelance contributor with Delish, and was formerly Senior Food Editor, where she developed and styled recipes for video and photo, and also stayed on top of current food trends. She’s been working in the food industry for over 10 years, and will argue that the best fish tacos in the world are made in New York. Don’t @ her.