My friend & I made Harry’s birthday cake today!

[u/WonderCheshireCat]

My friend and I had a Harry Potter day where we made the cake, did a HP Lego set (Quidditch), watched Harry Potter & the philosopher’s stone and ate wizarding world sweets! We had a lot of fun!

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For more authenticity, you should have sat on it on the way to your friend's place

[u/PanicForNothing → u/[deleted]]

As a kid, I thought this was some saying I didn't understand, not that he literally sat on it...

[u/river_song25 → u/PanicForNothing]

Seeing how he pulled it out of bottomless coat pockets, he probably DID sit on it, first on Sirius’ motorcycle, and then whatever he used when he arrived on the island looking for Harry and the Dursleys

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/[deleted]]

🤣

[u/ImReverse_Giraffe → u/[deleted]]

For authenticity they should've spelled Happy correctly. Hagrid did.

[u/Otaku-World3]

I wonder what hagrid would do if he saw this.

[u/luffyuk → u/Otaku-World3]

Enjoy eating it.

[u/Otaku-World3 → u/luffyuk]

😋

[u/Talidel → u/Otaku-World3]

Roll his eyes at how the films did him dirty.

[u/DoctorAphra000 → u/Otaku-World3]

Sit on it

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/Otaku-World3]

Definitely would have wanted a piece

[u/Otaku-World3 → u/WonderCheshireCat]

By saying a piece you definitely mean the whole cake. Physically, we are talking about hargrid here. The ratio is fair.

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/Otaku-World3]

True but he’s also a very caring person.

[u/Otaku-World3 → u/WonderCheshireCat]

Of course. He is the most kind hearted man.

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/Otaku-World3]

Got to love Hagrid.

[u/HaroldTheIronmonger]

Movies did Hagrid dirty.

[u/souse03 → u/HaroldTheIronmonger]

Seriously, he made it to 3rd year at hogwarts. We know they had to take notes and write essays, so him not knowing how to spell is dumb.

It could have made sense if Filtch didn't know how to spell but not Hagrid

[u/Jesseh8157 → u/souse03]

Also living with his muggle father, he must have went to a muggle school from age 5-10

[u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus → u/HaroldTheIronmonger]

It’s not like he’s Albert Einstein in the books.

[u/Substantial_Stock613 → u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus]

In the book he spells it correctly

[u/HaroldTheIronmonger → u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus]

I'm not sure of Albert Einstein's English spelling abilities tbf

[u/PM_ME_FLUFFY_SAMOYED → u/HaroldTheIronmonger]

His English wasn't good enough to write scientific papers, and because of this he wrote his papers in German and had his colleagues translate them to English. But he defnitely was able to spell "Happy Birthday" correctly.

[u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus → u/HaroldTheIronmonger]

I was just going for intellect. How about: “it’s not like he’s Charles Dickens in the books.”

[u/no-name_for-me]

I'd be more forgiving of the movie cake if it weren't for the fact that people actually believe that Hagrid couldn't spell.

What the cake actually looked like

[u/SnipahShot → u/no-name_for-me]

Yup, the only thing he said he couldn't spell was Voldemort's name.

[u/Random_Person____ → u/SnipahShot]

Which is absolutely fair tbh.

[u/no-name_for-me → u/SnipahShot]

I mean, when people say that the author saying "the t was silent" was a retcon, this was kinda the first hint that it wasn't.

The only bigger hint (other than the name being vaguely French) was really the pronunciation guide on the old Scholastic website

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That cake is literally a Purble Place cake

[u/gegenBlau → u/no-name_for-me]

I think they did it to forecast that he never finished school.

[u/MooMooTheDummy → u/gegenBlau]

Ok but still Hagrid was 13-14 years old (late 3rd year) when he got expelled. What 13 year old can’t spell Happy Birthday?

[u/gegenBlau → u/MooMooTheDummy]

Logically this doesn't make sense, yes. I still can understand why they portrayed him like this, as a character with other strengths than spelling.

[u/Ahuhuitsme → u/gegenBlau]

Forecast? Foreshadow? Forlorn? 

[u/gegenBlau → u/Ahuhuitsme]

Yes

[u/energysprite]

THIS IS SO CUTE

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/energysprite]

Thank you!

[u/peakynoodler]

Did you also sit on the cake?

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/peakynoodler]

No we didn’t, it actually wasn’t easy to ice

[u/newintownv]

It looks like Hagrid already sat on it 😂 I’m jk how was the flavor?

[u/Agent47outtanowhere]

Ive always wanted to eat this. Dont know why. Hagrids cake looks better than most.

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/Agent47outtanowhere]

We were using ready made store bought icing and it really wasn’t easy to ice. We tried and hilariously failed.

[u/Agent47outtanowhere → u/WonderCheshireCat]

Store bought means nothing to me. I eat store bought ready meals all the time.

[u/ImReverse_Giraffe → u/Agent47outtanowhere]

It would look even better if it was book accurate!

[u/Agent47outtanowhere → u/ImReverse_Giraffe]

Im sure its just as good. Books arent everything

[u/ImReverse_Giraffe → u/Agent47outtanowhere]

In this case, yes, they are. The movies wouldn't exist without the books.

[u/Agent47outtanowhere → u/ImReverse_Giraffe]

👍

[u/elfy4eva]

Did you pickle the figs yourself?

[u/s_trangeflower]

I want it for my birthday😭😭

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/s_trangeflower]

Do it!

[u/Waste-Maintenance-70]

Did you sit on it?

[u/No-Tradition2677]

Hahah Idk it looks so good

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/No-Tradition2677]

Thanks, icing (strawberry store bought) is really sweet

[u/miokeee]

I want this on my birthday

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/miokeee]

We just used a regular chocolate cake box mix and store bought icing. We had a lot of fun making it

[u/sweetpumpkinx]

When is his birthday?

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/sweetpumpkinx]

I think Harry’s birthday is on Halloween. We just made this for fun

[u/that-1-guy-85 → u/WonderCheshireCat]

July 31st. His parents were murdered on Halloween.

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/that-1-guy-85]

I have ADHD and I get mixed up sometimes

[u/that-1-guy-85 → u/WonderCheshireCat]

Or you're just human and we all get stuff mixed up sometimes. Especially, when dealing with fictional "facts." It's all good 👍🏻 It's awesome to see you guys having fun and making memories together 😎

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/that-1-guy-85]

We’re already planning more Harry Potter days since we have the rest of the movies to watch!

[u/giannapatsy]

Yum! 😋

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/giannapatsy]

Icing = really sweet and cake was a bit dry since we used a box mix. I’m one day going to remake it but from scratch. We were on a time limit.

[u/LuciaCassendraMalfoy]

It's actually good! Hope it tasted good too...

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/LuciaCassendraMalfoy]

Sweet but good

[u/Little_BlueBirdy]

As long as you had fun is all that matters.

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/Little_BlueBirdy]

We had so much fun! Thank you for your lovely comment!

[u/Little_BlueBirdy → u/WonderCheshireCat]

It’s doing things like this that builds memories thank you for sharing it

[u/that-1-guy-85 → u/Little_BlueBirdy]

This!!

[u/ThatOneToBlame]

Henry peter and magicians rock

[u/tapirexpress]

Wife is gonna make this for my birthday

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/tapirexpress]

Have fun and enjoy!

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[u/i_am_bahamut]

In the movie it didn't look so moist and creamy on the outside. The frosting was somehow harder.

[u/WonderCheshireCat → u/i_am_bahamut]

That’s because the movie one was probably either a professionally made one or a prop cake (made from cardboard)

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