Creamy Dreamy Whoopie Pies

Today we have a lovely guest post by Jennifer of Blessed Femina,

(1950s~ Mother and daughter at kitchen table,

preparing ingredients in mixer for baking.)

Since I was a young girl whoopie pies have been

a favorite treat of mine...

moist chocolate cake sandwiched in

creamy smooth frosting is the

simple, elegant joy of this dessert.

A few days ago I was having a hankering for these

lovelies.... so I pulled out my tried and true

recipe and whipped up a few.

The perfect ending to any dinner, picnic or

brunch... your dear wee ones, family or guest

will most likely be quite happy, indeed, with these scrumptious delights.

A Bit of "Whoopie Pie History"

"Whoopie pies are a classic confection
consisting of rounds of moist

chocolate cake sandwiching a thick
layer of creamy frosting.

The origins of the pie date to the
early part of the 20th century

to either coastal Maine or the rich baking
tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch."

-Cook's Country

"While considered a New England
phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish

tradition, they are increasingly
sold throughout the United States.

According to food historians,
Amish women would bake these
(known as hucklebucks at the time)
and put them in farmers' lunchboxes.

When farmers would find these treats in their

lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"

-Wikipedia

The Recipe

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Whoopie Pies

recipe courtesy~ Cook's Country

Cakes

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch-processed
cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 cup packed light brown sugar

8 tablespoons unsalted butter

(1 stick), softened but still cool
1 large egg, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk

Filling

12 tablespoons unsalted butter

(1 1/2 sticks), softened but still cool
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon table salt
2 1/2 cups Marshmallow Fluff

For the cakes:

Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl. With electric mixer on medium speed, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg until incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary, then beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and beat in one-third of flour mixture, then half of buttermilk. Repeat with half of remaining flour mixture, then remaining buttermilk, and finally remaining flour mixture. Using rubber spatula, give batter final stir. Using 1/3-cup measure, scoop 6 mounds of batter onto each baking sheet, spacing mounds about 3 inches apart. Bake until cakes spring back when pressed, 12 to 16 minutes, switching and rotating pans halfway through baking. Cool completely on baking sheets, at least 1 hour.

For the filling:

With electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla and salt. Beat in Fluff until incorporated, about 2 minutes. Refrigerate filling until slightly firm, about 30 minutes. (Bowl can be wrapped and refrigerated for up to 2 days.) Dollop 1/3 cup filling on center of flat side of 6 cakes. Top with flat side of remaining 6 cakes and gently press until filling spreads to edge of cake. Serve. (Whoopie pies can be refrigerated in airtight container for up to 3 days.)

~Do Enjoy~

Hope all of you are having a lovely day!!

Many Blessings!

"She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar."

-Proverbs 31:14

Living her dream of being a wife and homemaker. Jen happily resides in sweet home Alabama. She firmly believes that the home is a beautiful canvas for biblical hospitality, servant hood and discipleship. All aspects of homemaking are on her list of interests including gourmet cooking, baking, calligraphy, sewing and embroidery. She is also inspired by photography, music, theology and biblical womanhood. 

Jen blogs at Blessed Femina, which she founded in the fall of 2008 to encourage other women in Biblical femininity. It is her greatest desire to live a life depicted in I Corinthians 10:31: "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

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