You could be forgiven for thinking I’ve fallen of the edge of a cliff or that my kitchen has been taken over by builders lately, I hold my hand up high that there have not been many recipes round here lately.
Gradually though, as my son approaches his first week in primary school, I am getting back to normal and these little guys were my contribution to a recent mass play date, a veritable frog spawn of little people swarming about getting excited, spreading crumbs everywhere and hiding random objects behind pieces of furniture.
As a mummy with a reputation for making cakes, I can’t just turn up to these occasions with a bag of treat size Milky Ways.
Instead I randomly grabbed something treat sized for little childrens’ fingers to get excited about and set about making my first ever whoopie pies from Claire Ptak’s The Whoopie Pie Book.
Although I spooned them out in scant mounds, I decided that paired up they’d be a bit big for toddlers and that by serving individually, I was able to pop a few in little bags for mums to take home too.
Hence I presented whoopie shells in individual paper cases decorated with chocolate glace icing and some Dr Oetker mini jazzies.
To be honest, I think the recipe needs tweaking, they were not as light as I expected and had an uneven texture – fortunately this is disguised by the icing.






The whoopie pies look really pretty. I have just made some with a similar recipe to yours and they ended up in the bin!
Ah they look so cute! I’ve still not gotten around to trying, nor making a whoopie pie but love the name!
I have a tub of those mini jazzies, trouble is I end up eating more than goes on the cake!
i have had terrible results making whoopie pies…mine never come out the same shape or size so sandwiching is out of question:(