Sorting Hat Cupcakes

Name: Sorting Hat Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: ¾ cup cocoa powder; ¾ cup all-purpose flour; ½ tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; ¾ cup unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 cup sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup sour cream; ½ cup mini chocolate chips; 2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 5 cups confectioner’s sugar; blue, green, red and yellow food coloring; ½ cup cocoa powder; 24 chewy caramels

Do you belong to Gryffindor? Slytherin? Bite into these cupcakes to see which Harry Potter house you belong in!

Ingredients

Sorting Hat Cupcakes

¾ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup sour cream
½ cup mini chocolate chips

Frosting and Decoration

2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 cups confectioner’s sugar
blue, green, red and yellow food coloring
½ cup cocoa powder
24 chewy caramels

Steps

Combine the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture in 2 additions, alternating with the sour cream. Add the mini chocolate chips and mix until combined.

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