*I thought I would revisit this recipe for St. Patrick's day, enjoy!
Make something special for St. Patrick's day (or ANY day) ... these chocolate mint treats are like an inside out cake and easy to wrap up and put in a lunch box. They might just yell out "whoopie" when they see it!
Chocolate
Mint Whoopie Pies
{by Susan
Neal}
Chocolate cake rounds
{makes approx. twelve 4" Whoopie pies}
{makes approx. twelve 4" Whoopie pies}
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa Powder (I used Hershey Extra dark)
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup softened butter
1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cream butter and sugar until
light and fluffy (several minutes). Add
egg and mix thoroughly.
Whisk together flour, cocoa
powder, baking soda and salt.
Mix buttermilk and vanilla together.
Add flour and buttermilk
mixture, a little at a time, alternating dry and wet ingredients. Mix on low, do not over-mix.
Use a 1 1/2" scoop and
scoop batter (it will be stiffer than normal cake batter) onto a cookie sheet
covered with parchment paper. Place 12
on a sheet, keeping at least 1" apart as they will spread.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. Do not over-bake. To check, touch the top of the rounds. If the top springs back they are done.
Chocolate Ganache
8 oz. chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream
Melt chocolate chips with
cream in a double boiler until smooth and glossy.
Green Mint Filling/frosting
3/4 cup butter, softened
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
2-3 cups powdered sugar
7 oz. marshmallow cream
1/4 cup milk
1/4 tsp peppermint extract (or more if you want a very
minty flavor)
2 drops of green gel coloring (or your favorite
coloring)
Assembly: Spoon a thick layer of chocolate Ganache on
back of one cake round. Let set in
refrigerator for 10 minutes.
Fill pastry bag with large
tip. Pipe generously on back of the
other cake round. You can also apply
filling with a spoon and smooth out with a knife.
Place frosting round on top
of Ganache round. Press gently. Refrigerate for a half hour. Take out 15 minutes before serving.
Or wrap individual Whoopie
Pies in plastic wrap and keep in fridge until ready to place in lunch box.
If you're looking for more St. Patrick's Day ideas, check out my Irish Blessing Card class! Just a few kits left!