Whoopie pies have been on my list of things to bake for a while. It's thanks to Rachel (yes - I'm talking to you Rachel!) that I've been able to make them sooner than I thought. I received a lovely whoopie pie book, 'Make me Whoopies', with lots of yummy recipes. You can make all sorts! Chocolate orange whoopies, strawberries and cream whoopies, coconut whoopies, rum and raisin whoopies, tiramisu whoopies and even green tea and cherry whoopies! That's a whole lot of whoopie!
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| A lot of whoopie |
But. . .what is a whoopie pie I hear you say?! I didn't really know at first, I just thought they sounded rather exciting. According to the helpful little introduction in the book, whoopie pies are 'sandwiched cakey-cookies' which 'originated in either Pennsylvania or Maine, USA, where they were packed into the lunch boxes of Amish farmers'. According to another source (ahem. . .wikipedia), the farmers would apparently shout 'Whoopieee!' if they should find one in their lunch box. The biggest whoopie ever made (I thought you'd like to know) weighed in at a staggering 1062 pounds! That's 75 STONE! That's one big whoopie (it had to be said).
I decided just to go for the plain and simple vanilla whoopies. I thought I'd try one of the more simple recipes to begin with, as they seem quite complex! Complex whoopies!
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| Whoopieee! |
I'm
quite sad to say that this could be my last post for a while. I'm off
to uni this Saturday and (silly me) opted for catered accommodation.
So...no student cooking delights on here. I'll see what I can do though.
I'll have to be a bit more creative...what to do with a microwave and a
toaster!?
It's not the end. :D xxx
