Secret Ingredient Amish Whoopie Pies
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Author: www.mrfarmersdaughter.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 14 cakes
- CAKE:
- 1 ¼ cup cane sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 2 large eggs
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2 cups gluten-free flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup shredded and lightly chopped zucchini
- (Prepped by sprinkling with a little salt, allowing to sit for 10 minutes then squeezing out all the liquid)
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- FILLING:
- 1 egg white*
- 1 Tbls. milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups 10x sugar
- ½ cup butter, room temperature/softened
- FOR THE CAKES:
- Preheat oven to 350˚.
- Prepare 3-4 baking trays lined with parchment or silicone mat.
- Cream sugar and butter.
- Add eggs.
- Combine remaining dry ingredients.
- Combine milk, vinegar and vanilla. Let sit for a few minutes.
- Add zucchini to sugar and butter mixture, mix well.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture, ending with dry ingredients and mix well.
- With a cookie scoop or two large spoons, drop spoonfuls of batter onto prepared pans allowing 2” between them.
- Bake for about 20 minutes and remove when cakes feel firm to the touch and no batter sticks on your finger.
- Remove to cool completely.
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- FOR THE FILLING:
- Whip egg white to firm peaks and set aside.
- Beat butter until smooth.
- Mix in milk and vanilla.
- Mix in 1 cup of sugar at a time. It will be thick.
- Mix in ⅓ of the egg whites.
- Fold in the remaining ⅔ egg whites.
- *Egg whites vary in size. If icing is too thin, you may add a little more sugar to make it spreading consistency.
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- To assemble:
- Choose two cakes of similar size and fill with icing. Repeat until all cakes are filled.
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- Best stored in the refrigerator. Keeps for about a week.
Recipe by Mr. Farmer's Daughter at http://www.mrfarmersdaughter.com/secret-ingredient-amish-whoopie-pies/
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