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01/09/2011

Whoopie Pies

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Two pieces of moist chocolate cake with marshmallow icing sandwiched between them = a whoopie pie.

My friend Noelle was visiting me this weekend and we had important plans to drink copious amounts of tea, eat dim sum, and visit a show at the art gallery. I hadn't planned on baking anything but that changed after my boyfriend and Noelle watched a show about whoopie pies. They decided that I needed to make them ...make them right now. Their request/demand was followed by the two of them pretending to eat whoopie pies to show me how good they would be and how happy it would make them.  It was pretty convincing. Convincing and annoying.

 

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We brewed up a pot of tea and Noelle hung with me in the kitchen while I got baking. The cake batter is pretty straight forward: dry ingredients whisked together,

butter, sugar, and egg creamed together,

and then flour added to the creamed butter-sugar along with some milk.

 

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The batter is a bit thicker than regular cake batter and you scoop tablespoons of it onto parchment paper. After baking a couple of trays of spooned batter I decided to try piping the batter to make a swirl. Both methods baked up nicely in about 10 minutes. We also make some mini ones with less than a tablespoon of batter that only needed to be baked for 7 minutes

 

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While the cakes were cooling I combined marshmallow fluff (the kind you buy in jar, I think its also called marshmallow creme) with butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar to make the delicious filling.

 

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I piped the filling onto the cakes and sandwiched them together, if you don't have the patience for piping (or if the people waiting to eat them don't have the patience to wait for you to pipe) then just spoon some filling onto the cakes instead.

 

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Oh my god these are good. Noelle and I decided that we like them better than cupcakes because the icing to cake ratio is perfect. With cupcakes there is always a bite that is just icing or just cake, but with whoopie pies you get icing and cake with each bite.

 

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Chocolate and Marshmallow Whoopie Pies

Cake recipe from Bakerella

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup milk

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a bowl, sift together, flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
  • In another bowl, beat butter, shortening and sugar with a mixer on low until just combined. Increase speed to medium and beat for about 3 minutes (this step helps whip air into the batter to make sure you cake doesn't turn out thin and dense, don't skip it!)
  • Add egg and vanilla and beat for two more minutes.
  • Add half of the flour mixture and half of the milk and beat on low until incorporated. Repeat with remaining flour and milk and beat until combined.
  • Using a tablespoon, drop batter on baking sheet two inches apart. Bake for about 10 minutes, if you are using less batter to make mini whoopie pies then bake for about 7 minutes
  • Remove from oven and cool for about five minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely.

 

Marshmallow Icing

I don't always measure when I make icing (bad blogger! Bad!) because I change up the amounts as I go to get the right consistency. For this icing I used

  • 198g jar of marshmallow fluff
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • tsp (or a splash) of vanilla
  • powdered sugar (I didn't measure, but I added approximately a cup)

Beat the butter and marshmallow fluff together until smooth, then add the vanilla

Next, add powdered sugar 1/4 cup at a time until the icing has the consistency and sweetness that you want. Wait until the cakes are cool to pipe or spoon icing onto them

Posted at 05:40 PM in Cakes, Cupcakes |

Tags: chocolate, cupcakes, marshmallow, marshmallow icing, whoopie pie

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Yellowfish Designs

This sounds... really good. I've never had these before! Could they work with regular frosting, too?

Posted by: Yellowfish Designs | 01/09/2011 at 06:41 PM

Design_kitty

Is it acceptable to eat the jar of marshmallow fluff?

Posted by: Design_kitty | 01/10/2011 at 10:02 AM

Bug Miscellany

oh. drool. drool. droooooool.

i love whoopie pies. totally in agreeance (what? it's a word) about the icing/cake ratio. it's the only kind of math equation i like.

Posted by: Bug Miscellany | 01/10/2011 at 01:22 PM

Rigel_p

I'll admit I've never had a whoopie pie. It's time I changed that. These look absolutely divine.

Posted by: Rigel_p | 01/11/2011 at 10:57 AM

Sarah Buck

Gorgeous swirls and gorgeous photography!

Posted by: Sarah Buck | 01/11/2011 at 11:28 AM

Stephanie

Yellowfish designs: You can use any icing that you want! You can also just spoon on the marshmallow fluff without making it into an icing if you want it really marshmallow-y

Also long as the icing isn't too runny or squishy, it needs to be able to stay between the layers without being smooshed out

Posted by: Stephanie | 01/12/2011 at 11:53 AM

Mylifeunderthebus

Oh that cupcake to icing ratio drives me crazy. I always have that stumpy part of the cupcake left with no icing and really - what's the point? This really is genius.

Posted by: Mylifeunderthebus | 01/12/2011 at 01:26 PM

Sarah Rankin

Oh my! These look sooooo delicious! I wish I had time to bake these day. I'm a new follower, by the way. Love your blog!

Sarah

http://sadiedesigns.blogspot.com

Posted by: Sarah Rankin | 01/13/2011 at 01:38 PM

Thegonzogourmet

I'm with you - you definitely need the right cake to frosting ratio. I'm going to try these with my 4 year old, anything remotely chocolate related turns her into the best kid on earth.

Posted by: Thegonzogourmet | 01/14/2011 at 01:07 PM

Galit

Oh my.... what a wonderful self-indulgence to sit down with a cup of coffee and a bunch of those...
Whenever I come here I end up with more recipes that I want to try than I would be ever able. But this one is definitely going to the top of my sweets list!!

Posted by: Galit | 01/14/2011 at 07:45 PM

Amy Lapi

i don't like chocolate.. iknow i know i'm crazy... i just wanted to tell you that i so admire your photos! you are such a great photographer. <3

Posted by: Amy Lapi | 01/16/2011 at 06:34 AM

janis

Can you make these the night before? if so do you refrigerate them overnight?

Posted by: janis | 05/16/2011 at 08:27 AM

Amy Miceli

I made these today for our Rapture party. ZOMG. They are amazing. Much better than I thought they we be, surprisingly light. I followed the cake directions exactly but made my own marshmallow fluff. I could eat 40.

Posted by: Amy Miceli | 05/21/2011 at 11:53 AM

Christine

Oooh! my old roomie from Maine keeps talking about whoopie pies, and this is the best description and recipe we've found! Thanks for sharing this- we are going to make whoopie pies!!

Posted by: Christine | 04/21/2017 at 09:59 AM

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