Five Christmas Moments That Would Be Great to See in “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking”
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking was released earlier last month and features a range of fantastic Potter-themed baked creations, including the flying Ford Anglia in the Whomping Willow, Fawkes, a Dementor, and many mandrakes. With Christmas coming up, we couldn’t help but hope to see a few of the best seasonal moments from the series recreated in cake form.
Harry’s Stack of Presents
On Christmas Eve, Harry went to bed looking forward to the next day for the food and the fun, but not expecting any presents at all. When he woke early in the morning, however, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed.” (SS 200)
This was Harry’s first good Christmas, and the stack of presents he received was the beginning of the day. The moment of joy when he realized that his time at Hogwarts would be different than holidays with the Dursleys would be great to see in cake form.
The Great Hall at Christmas
The Great Hall looked magnificent. Not only were there a dozen frost-covered Christmas trees and thick streamers of holly and mistletoe crisscrossing the ceiling, but enchanted snow was falling, warm and dry, from the ceiling.” (CoS 212)
The Great Hall is stunningly depicted on screen, especially at Christmas. This moment looks warm and cozy and is an iconic one from the series. The various Christmas trees, holly, and mistletoe would make for beautiful sugar work, and falling snow could be done quite easily using icing sugar.
The Yule Ball
The walls of the Hall had all been covered in sparkling silver frost, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy crossing the starry black ceiling. The House tables had vanished; instead, there were about a hundred smaller, lantern-lit ones, each seating about a dozen people.” (GoF 415)
Similar to the Great Hall scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the intricate Yule Ball would be a challenging one to recreate in food form – especially when you add in the dancers – but it could look absolutely stunning.
Christmas at the Burrow
The Weasleys and their guests were sitting in the living room, which Ginny had decorated so lavishly that it was rather like sitting in a paper-chain explosion. Fred, George, Harry, and Ron were the only ones who knew that the angel on top of the tree was actually a garden gnome that had bitten Fred on the ankle as he pulled up carrots for Christmas dinner. Stupefied, painted gold, stuffed into a miniature tutu and with small wings glued to its back, it glowered down at them all, the ugliest angel Harry had ever seen, with a large bald head like a potato and rather hairy feet.” (HBP 329 – 30)
The Burrow is always described as a warm but chaotic place, which is shown perfectly in this scene. The garden gnome angel as a baked creation would be hilarious to see.
Godric’s Hollow
As they had passed it, it had transformed. Instead of an obelisk covered in names, there was a statue of three people: a man with untidy hair and glasses, a woman with long hair and a kind, pretty face, and a baby boy sitting in his mother’s arms. Snow lay upon all their heads, like fluffy white caps.” (DH 324)
It’s not a typically happy Christmas moment, but the scene in the Godric’s Hollow graveyard is still poignant and important in a different way. Although intricate and detailed, the Potter family memorial would be fantastic to see as an edible showpiece.
What Christmas moment do you want to see depicted as a baked masterpiece? Let us know in the comments!
