our girl hazel is super into harry potter this year, which works nicely, because she’s eleven and that’s the year when harry and his fellow wizards get their owl delivered invitation letter to hogwarts. anyways. i actually covered that detail in my post about hazel and her parties.
for her low key family party, i whipped up a batch of cupcakes, some with harry’s iconic glasses and lightning bolt scar, and the rest with sprinkles colors matching each hogwarts house. oh. and one with the deathly hallows icon.
for her sleepover party with friends, after all of the mayhem of christmas, i had lots of time to create her dream harry potter birthday cake. i made several suggestions, but she wanted to keep it pretty simple with the hogwarts crest, complete with all four houses, on a multicolored background. challenge accepted. and complete mess made.
hazel approved of the final product. i’m pretty happy with it myself. it’s hard to get the details with just buttercream, but i prefer to stick to buttercream and leave fondant out of it.
the kiddos all loved being able to select a slice from their respective houses. i was even game to partake, since her party took place in the hazy space between christmas and new years when all diet efforts are at best, compromised and at worst, completely abandoned.