Wicked Good Whoopie Pie Cupcakes
What’s better than a whoopie pie? A whoopie pie cupcake of course! These delicious cupcakes are filled and topped with a marshmallow greatness.
Servings: 10 Large Whoopie Pies
Ingredients
Cake tops and bottoms
- 6 tbsp Crisco Shortening
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 cups Flour
- 5 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 1 ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Cream of Tartar
Marshmallow Filling
- 1 ½ cups Crisco Shortening
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 Egg Whites
- ½ tsp Cream of Tartar
- 12 tbsp Marshmallow Fluff (recommended) Optional 1 jar Smuckers Marshmallow Topping
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- For the holidays use appropriate food coloring! Orange for Halloween, Red and Green for Christmas, Red, White and Blue for the Fourth of July!
Instructions
Cakes
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a mixing bowl add the Crisco, granulated sugar, egg, milk and vanilla extract. Mix. Then blend in the flour, baking soda, cocoa, salt and cream of tartar. Mix well.
- Line cupcake tray with cupcake liners and fill them leaving a little space to the top of liner. Bake on middle rack for approximately 18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean..
- Remove from oven and let cool five minutes before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Marshmallow Filling
- In a mixing bowl add the Crisco, powdered sugar, egg whites, cream of tartar, marshmallow fluff or Smuckers Marshmallow Topping, vanilla extract and mix with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Set aside until cakes have cooled.
Whoopie Pies Cupcakes
- With a serrated knife, cut a circle in the middle of the cupcake down about halfway. Save the tops for later.
- Scoop out for enough filling to be added and crumble into a separate small bowl to use for later.
- Add filling to a pastry tube. Add filling in scooped out cupcake and enough to add a topping to the cupcake.
- Sprinkle cupcake crumbles over marshmallow filling topping. Top off with the circle cut off from the cupcake.
- For an added touch, sift powdered sugar on top.
- Store in a cupcake holder or a cake dish With a cover to keep fresh.