CLASSIC WHOOPIE PIES

The best way to describe a whoopie pie is that it’s a mini chocolate cake sandwich in cookie form. It is made of two round pieces of chocolate cake, with a creamy filling or frosting sandwiched between them. A traditional filling is a marshmallow filling, but different kinds of buttercream are widely used too. The original and most commonly used flavor of whoopie pies is chocolate, but you can find other flavors such as pumpkin, or vanilla. The batter is soft, something between a cake batter and a cookie dough, and the texture of the cake is tender. Whoopie pies taste like a really good frosted chocolate cake.

Whoppie pies are a New England classic and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition, and they are one of Maine’s most loved food. These days they are widely sold throughout the United States and other places around the world. Whoopie pies were sold ever since 1925, which only shows how good they are, otherwise they wouldn’t stick around for that long.

I’ve tried several different recipes for homemade whoopie pies, and my favorite is the classic, traditional one. It’s seriously chocolatey, because there’s a lot of cocoa powder in it, and it’s so tender, it will almost melt in your mouth.

The cakes are made by creaming butter and sugar, adding egg, vanilla, and buttermilk, then dry ingredients such as flour and cocoa powder. The batter will be quite sticky and soft, but it won’t spread much during baking as it has enough baking soda to provide lift and enough flour to stay intact.

Ingredients
Cakes:

•  1 and 3/4 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
•  2/3 cup (65g) unsweetened cocoa powder
•  1 and 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
•  1/2 teaspoon salt
•  1/2 cup (1 stick/115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
•  1 cup (200g) granulated sugar (or brown sugar)
•  1 large egg
•  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
•  1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk, room temperature
• Marshmallow Filling (or choose another filling, read above post)
•  1/2 cup (1 stick/115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
•  2 cups Marshmallow Fluff
•  1 cup (115 g/4 oz.) powdered sugar
•  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•  pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Make the cakes: Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg, and vanilla and mix until combined, then mix in buttermilk. Slowly add dry ingredients, and mix just until combined.
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