Spice Cake Whoopie Pies Recipes

WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• To make the cakes: Prepare mix as directed on package except using only 3/4 cup of water. Drop batter onto greased cookie sheet (or use parchment paper to line pan) in 2 1/2 to 3 inch circles. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool.
• To make the filling: In a saucepan, combine milk and flour and cook, stirring constantly until it forms a thick paste. Let cool.
• In a medium bowl, beat sugar and shortening until fluffy. Add vanilla. Add cooled flour mixture and beat until double in volume.
• Turn the little cakes over on their backs. Spoon a dollop of filling onto half of the little cakes. Place the other half of the cakes on top of the filling to form sandwiches.

BAKERY STYLE WHOOPIE PIE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cakes: Heat oven to 350°F; line 2 cake pans with parchment paper.
• Combine all cake ingredients and mix.
• Pour half of batter into each cake pan. Cook approximately 20 minutes, or until cakes spring back when pressed. 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).
• Spread filling onto one of the cakes. Place other cake on top. Refrigerate in air tight container up to 3 days.
• This is also good if you heat a can of frosting for 20 seconds and pour over the cake.

MAMA'S WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl. Beat 1 cup butter and white sugar in a separate large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, until mixture is creamy. Beat eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract into butter mixture.
• Stir half the flour mixture into wet ingredients, followed by milk; stir remaining flour mixture into dough. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets. For 25 whoopie pies, make 50 cookies.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Beat 3/4 cup butter with confectioners' sugar in a bowl, using an electric mixer; beat 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and marshmallow creme into filling. Spread at least 1 teaspoon filling on the bottom of a cookie and top with a second cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling.

PUMPKIN SPICE WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Cookies: Beat pumpkin and butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add cake mix, eggs and milk and beat on low speed until combined, then on medium speed for one minute.
• Cover cookie sheets with parchment or oiled foil.
• Drop large mounds of dough 3 inches apart on cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees F.
• Filling: Beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add powdered sugar, marshmallow cream, vanilla and cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Beat until well combined.
• Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until cookies are ready to be filled.
• When cookies are cool, spoon filling on bottom of cookies and sandwich together.

EASY WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Line cookie sheets with parchment paper, silicone baking liners, or lightly spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat all cookie ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 1 minute longer on high speed.
• Pour batter into a 1 gallon resealable plastic bag. Seal baggie and cut small hole off of one of the bottom corners.
• Pipe batter into 36 small circles onto cookie sheets about 1-inch apart to allow for spreading.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes until set being careful to not over bake. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets and place on cooling rack. Cool completely before filling.
• Once cookies are cooled spread frosting on flat side of one cookie. Top with the second cookie, flat side down to make a sandwich.