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Christmas Whoopie Pies

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Prep

40 mins

Bake

10-12 mins

Serves

Difficulty

Easy

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Made popular in the 1920s, whoopie pies hold timeless appeal. Fruity, 'white' chocolatey and delicious; give in to your sweet tooth desires and indulge in these heavenly pies. Well, it is Christmas, after all.

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Dark Brown Soft

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Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan oven, 350°F, gas mark 4). Line a large baking tray with baking parchment.

Step 2

To make the whoopie pies whisk the egg and beat in the sugar, a third at a time.

Step 3

Melt the butter and mix with sour cream, milk, vanilla and orange essence. Then add to the egg and sugar.

Step 4

Add the flour and bicarbonate of soda and beat until smooth, then gently add the cranberries.

Step 5

Pipe large walnut-sized balls onto the baking tray and bake for 13-14 mins, then cool on a rack.

Step 6

Melt the marshmallow and milk in a saucepan over a low heat, stirring until smooth, then add the melted white chocolate cool.

Step 7

In a separate bowl, beat the butter until creamy and soft, then gradually beat in the marshmallow mixture until smooth.

Step 8

Sandwich 2 whoopie cakes together with the marshmallow cream.

Step 9

Top with melted white chocolate and sprinkle the curl and edible glitter.

Ingredients – 10 items

Serving

1

For the cake

Butter

Butter

Unsalted

75 g
Eggs

Large eggs

1
Fairtrade Dark Brown Soft

Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Dark Soft Brown Cane Sugar

150 g

Sour cream

125 g
Milk

Milk

25 ml
Vanilla

Vanilla extract

1 tsp
Baking-soda

Bicarbonate soda

3 tsp
Flour

Plain flour

250 g
Cranberries

Cranberries

Sundried

50 g
Orange-juice

Orange juice

1 tsp

For the marshmallow cream

Mini marshmallows

100 g
Milk

Milk

50 ml
Butter

Butter

Very soft, unsalted

125 g

White chocolate

Melted

50 g
Vanilla

Vanilla extract

1 tsp

For the topping

White chocolate

100 g

White chocolate

Cut into curls

50 g

Edible glitter or tiny stars to decorate

1 tbsp

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