My friend's daughter just turned 11 and had a Harry Potter birthday party. Her mom Paulette is already great at making cakes, but for fun, we decided to collaborate and have a cake play-date for the moms (while our daughters happily played). Those book cakes are way harder than they look--kudos to those who have uploaded far better versions than mine! We decided to split the cake into two separate cakes because of the size of the dessert table. The golden snitch is a cake ball with gumpaste wings.