How to Make Homemade Butterbeer

Serves:6

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: –

Ingredients needed to make Homemade Butterbeer:

For the butterbeer:

• Six 12 oz bottles cream soda, chilled
• 2 tbsp clarified butter or 1 tbsp artificial butter flavor

For the foam:

• 6 tbsp sugar
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 ½ tsp artificial butter flavor
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking instructions for Homemade Butterbeer:

• For the butterbeer, place six 16 oz glasses side by side and add 1 tsp of the clarified butter or half tsp of artificial butter flavor into each glass.
• Fill each of them with 12 oz of the cream soda and give it a slight stir to mix.
• To make it foamy, whisk the cream using a stand mixer, set at moderately high speed, for about 5 minutes or until it becomes thicker.
• Stir in the sugar and continue to whisk the cream for another 4 minutes or until it forms very soft peaks.
• Add a splash of vanilla to it, followed by the artificial butter flavouring and whip it for last half minutes or until the peaks becomes slightly more firm.
• Top each glass of butterbeer with a large dollop of this foam and stir in gently.
• Serve right away.
• In case, it is served to an adult, you can also add a splash of light rum for an extra kick!

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Last Updated on January 29, 2013 by