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

Make this Recipe

YOU'LL NEED:
Cupcakes:
3/4 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temp.
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Buttercream:
2 cup unsalted butter, room temp.
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 cups confectioners sugar
Blue, green, red, and yellow food coloring
1/2 cup cocoa powder
24 chewy caramels

LETS GO:
1 Bake the cupcakes:

2 Combine the cocoa powder, flour,                     baking powder, and salt in a bowl.

3 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.

4 Line a muffin tin with liners and divide the batter between the muffin cups. Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely.

5 Make the buttercream:

6 Beat the butter with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add the vanilla and mix until combined.

7 Add the confectioners sugar one cup at a time, then beat for 3-5 minutes, until fluffy.

8 Divide 1 1/2 cups of buttercream between 4 small bowls. Dye the buttercream blue, green, red, and yellow. Place the buttercream into piping bags fitted with large, round piping tips - I recommend the #1A piping tip.

9 Add the cocoa powder to the remaining buttercream and beat until well combined. Place the buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a large, star-shaped piping tip - I recommend the #2D piping tip.

10 Assembly:

11 To make sorting hat, mold a caramel into a flat disk with your fingers. Mold another caramel into a cone shape, then stick onto the flat disk. Use a sharp knife to carve the sorting hats face. Repeat with the remaining caramels to make a total of 12 sorting hats.

12 To create holes in the cupcakes, turn a spare piping tip upside down, so that the widest end is facing the cupcakes. Twist downwards, then twist upwards to remove the core of the cupcake. Repeat with all remaining cupcakes.

13 Pipe the blue, green, yellow, and red buttercream randomly into the cupcakes. Pipe the brown buttercream on top in a swirling motion, concealing the colored buttercream.

14 Place the sorting hats on top and enjoy!!