Easy Harry Potter Cakes

I am not a professional cake decorator. In fact, I have never even taken a cake decorating course. But, I always try to make special cakes for my boys' birthdays.  This year I made two Harry Potter cakes for my oldest son (and I'm also sharing a simple cake I made for a movie night). All THREE Harry Potter cakes were simple to make and turned out totally cute!


The first cake I made for the Harry Potter party was a simple "Quidditch Cake".  


To make each goal post, I wrapped electrical tape around pipe cleaners and twisted them into a circle.  Then, I stuck the end into a paper straw.

And to make the golden snitch, I added wax paper wings.

I finished it off by adding some "every flavour beans" along the bottom of the cake.  I think it adds a nice touch of color, don't you?

The second cake I made for the Harry Potter party was a simple "Crest Cake".


I started with a basic rectangular sheet cake, and I carved it into the shape of a crest.  I did a crumb coat, and then covered the cake with yellow icing.  I piped on some red trim, and then I added some fun "Harry Potter" items -- a fruit roll-up scar, a foil wrapped golden snitch, some every flavour beans, and a chocolate frog.  Simple and fun! 

And... for a special movie night with my boys, I made this simple cake with pink icing and green icing... a replica of the cake Hagrid made for Harry Potter in the first movie. It doesn't get easier than this one!



Which Harry Potter cake is your favorite? I think a Harry Potter fan would love any one of these magical desserts!


Gina (aka East Coast Mommy)




You may also be interested in our easy and inexpensive DIY Harry Potter party. The simple details are super-fun!


10 comments:

  1. both are so wonderful!!! I Love them!

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  2. Excellent. I am going to give the Quidditch one a try, but I am going to use sparklers in the shape of an 0. I hope it works out ok!

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    1. I think the sparklers would be really cute. Let me know how it turns out!

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  3. This is fantastic! I'm going to try the Quidditch one and incorporate candles into them. Thank you so much!

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  4. for the quidditich cake, does dense cake work better, or does it not matter?

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    1. It doesn't really matter. It doesn't have to support any weight, so any cake should work.

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  5. It would be great if I could get a recipe for the Harry Potter Crest Cake as I am doing this for an assignment.

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    1. I used a mix with a few modifications. I started with a Duncan Hines. I prepared it according the directions on the box, but I cut the oil in half and subtracted 2 tbsp of water to make the cake a little more dense and easy to work with. I hope this helps!

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  6. Doing my third HP party this month and going to use the Quidditch design! Is the snitch a Ferrero Rocher chocolate?

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