Spice Cake Whoopie Pies Food

WHOOPIE PIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; grease and dust two 9-inch cake pans with cocoa.
• Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy; add eggs and beat until smooth.
• Sift dry ingredients together; add alternatively with buttermilk to the egg batter and beat for two minutes.
• Pour equally into prepared cake pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until cakes test done.
• Let rest in cake pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling rack to complete cooling.
• While the cake is cooling, make the frosting: Add milk to flour slowly, avoiding lumps.
• Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
• Cool completely.
• Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy.
• Add to cooked mixture.
• Beat, high speed, until very fluffy.
• Looks and tastes like whipped cream.
• Place one layer on cake plate and liberally frost top.
• Place second layer on top of first and frost top and sides.
• Sift cocoa powder lightly over the top for garnish, if desired.

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.