Spryte's Place: Nana's Whoopie Pies

I'm always bugging my Auntie Ann for stories and pictures and recipes about my dad when he was a kid or about Nana.

I guess my Auntie Patti wanted to make these and Ann copied me when she sent the recipe. That was over two years ago, but I've been trying to get this stuff written down.

Anyway... We embarked on a new healthier eating lifestyle yesterday. So of course, Sunday I made gigantic burgers & fries for dinner with Nana's Whoopie Pies for dessert!

I thought it was my first time making them, but I had a weird kinda deja vu feeling while I was putting them together, so who knows!

Anyway from Auntie Ann =)

Nana's Whoopie Pies
Cakes:
1/2 C shortening
1 C sugar
1 egg
1 C milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 C cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 425F
Cream together shortening and sugar
Beat in egg, milk and vanilla.
Whisk together dry ingredients.
Add to wet ingredients and mix well.
Drop by spoonful onto parchment paper lined cookie sheets.

Bake at 425 for 7 minutes.

Cool baked cakes on rack.

Filling:
1/2 C shortening
1 C powdered sugar
1 C Marshmallow Fluff
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 TBLS milk

Beat all filling ingredients well.

When cakes are cooled completely frost flat side of half the cakes. Top with the other half of the cakes and ENJOY!

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So here we go!

Cream together shortening and sugar.

Beat in egg, milk and vanilla.

Whisk together dry ingredients.

Add to wet ingredients and mix well.

Drop by spoonful onto parchment paper lined cookie sheets. I really don't like single duty kitchen tools. I just don't have the space for them. But when I was making these, I was kinda wishing for one of those cookie scoop things. Then maybe I'd have nice round, all the same size little cakes. Oh well... two spoons for me!

Bake at 425 for 7 minutes.

Cool baked cakes on rack.

Ok... make the filling. (mmmmmmm.... frosting....)

Ready to assemble! So I grabbed a platter. Isn't this cool?? I got it at GoodWill for like a buck. I have a couple smaller ones that go with it too. But I just love it!

I wanted to be sure that I used up ALL of the frosting. So I turned half of the cakes flat side up, picked as close a match as I could for size and shape and put the other half flat side down. (does that make sense?) I did have one extra... so I gave it to Jon. =)