This
past week I made football shaped whoopie pies for my husband to take to work
for a meeting. They turned out pretty
well. In honor of the Superbowl today, I wanted to share the recipe.
Here's
how I made them-
Ingredients:
For
the Cakes-
v 4 Cups Flour
v 1 Cup
unsweetened Cocoa Powder
v 2 1/2 tsp
baking soda
v 2 tsp salt
v 2 cups
buttermilk
v 2 tsp
vanilla
v 2 sticks of
unsalted butter
v 2 cups of
brown sugar
v 2 large eggs
For
the Filling-
v 2 sticks of
unsalted butter, softened
v 2 1/2 cups
of confectionery sugar
v 4 cups of
marshmallow cream
v 2 tsp
vanilla
Directions:
Preheat
the oven to 350 degrees.
Use
2 separate bowls. In the first bowl
whisk together the dry ingredients, including: flour, cocoa, baking soda, and
salt until fully mixed.
The other bowl
will be used for the wet ingredients: buttermilk and vanilla and mix these
together.
Beat
together the butter and the brown sugar on a med speed until it is fluffy. This will take about 3 minutes.
(Tip for softening butter in the microwave: I forgot to take mine out ahead of time, but I hate putting butter in the microwave because it always melts too much and doesn't soften the way I want it to. This time I put the butter in for 5 second intervals, 4 times for a total of 20 seconds. In between each interval, I flipped the butter so each side was on the bottom for 5 seconds.)
Reduce the speed and add the eggs, one at a
time. Once this is mixed well, alternate the dry mixture and the wet
mixture, ending with the dry. Make sure
to scrape the sides to ensure it is mixed well.
Don't get discouraged if you make a mess. I sure did...
Use
an ice cream scoop to drop the mixture on cookie sheets. (I line mine with parchment paper) Once I had the batter on the parchment paper,
I used my fingers to push it into a football shape.
Bake for 11 to 14 minutes, depending on the
size. You will be able to tell if they
are done if you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
Once
the tops and bottoms are baked, let them cool completely. While they are cooling, go ahead and make the
cream filling for the center.
For
the filling, I creamed the softened butter for a minute by itself. I then added the other ingredients and beat
it for about 3 minutes.
Once
the tops and bottoms have completely cooled, use a piping back with large tip
to fill the inside. Don't overfill or
the center will overflow. (I definitely
did that a couple times)
Finally, I used some vanilla frosting to pipe the football design on top.
That's all there is to it! It's a really cute idea for any type of a
football event or if you just want a chocolaty snack.
Enjoy!
