I'm hoping by the time the next Harry Potter Day rolls around, I will have mastered modeling chocolate. I'm dying to make chocolate frogs. And if anyone knows where to find Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean that Jelly Bellies made in the past, please let me know (although really I needed them for today).
Treacle is another name for golden syrup, a light molasses popular in the UK and other places. It is delicious, and while I've seen corn syrup used in some treacle tart recipes, it isn't treacle if it isn't golden!
This tart isn't a hit with everyone - it seems like people either love or hate it. The molasses is sweet, sure, but the lemon and ginger really make it a complicated treat. Of course, this is Harry Potter's favorite treat, so to me it belongs on every Harry Potter Day.
I really wanted to make a cauldron cake this year, since Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince chronicles how Harry actually gets quite good at potion making because of whoever the Half-Blood Prince is (didn't want to spoil it for you if you didn't know). A recipe I found on Potterparties.com gave me the idea of putting a marshmallow in the middle of a cupcake prior to baking. After it had baked the full 20 minutes, the marshmallow had bubbled and browned, creating a cauldron in the cupcake that wanted to be filled with something. I wanted something to fit the unreal universe of Harry Potter, so I dyed vanilla pudding neon green.
Categories: Cake, Chocolate, Harry Potter, Pudding, Tart, Treacle
Treacle ... isn't molasses. We've bought some, here: it's burned sugar (preserved with sulfur). Not what you'd want, really, to substitute for molasses. Bleh!
ReplyDeleteThe cake/pie sounds yummy, though!
Happy Harry Potter Day to you! Your treats look wonderful.
ReplyDeletelove it all! i have always wanted to make/try treacle tart. looks yummy! i can't wait to see the movie
ReplyDeleteWow! So adorable!
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS SO AWESOME!!! I'm going to have to try baking some Harry Potter goodies...and then go see the movie again!
ReplyDeleteYour blog lookes amazing!
ReplyDeleteand the baked goods you make also look yummy.
I just started a blog for baking too.
I've never baked before, so it's like a progress making blog.
Hope you check it out!
Happy Baking! :)
Harry Potter Day! Why I never thought of that before? I love Harry Potter and I love baking. I like how the treacle tart looks like. However, I would skip the ginger.beclisti
ReplyDeleteHow cute is that?! Love the dyed green filling!
ReplyDeleteIm having a harry potter party this friday and I think Im going to try putting the marshmallow in the cupcakes- thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love to make cauldron cakes every year, my children love them. It has become a yearly tradition. I also put pudding in mine but I use pistachio pudding because its already green and I put black food coloring in the chocolate cake mix so the cauldrons are black. We call them cauldron cakes with putrid pudding, I know it doesn't sound too appetizing but it tastes good and it's fun. We also sprinkle pop rocks candy in varying flavors and colors on them just before serving, it makes the cauldron sound like magic!
ReplyDeleteReal treacle tarts are the best! yum!! yours looks so good!!! great idea.