Ingredients
For the pies
125g softened butter
200g caster sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
300g self raising flour
20g cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
250ml buttermilk
2 teaspoons red food colouring
100ml boiling water
Butter Cream
250g chocolate broken in pieces
160g butter
125g icing sugar
To decorate
white chocolate
1. Pre heat oven to 180 degrees or 170 degrees for a fan forced.
2. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl, until light and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat in well.
3. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder twice and add to the butter, sugar and egg mix, add in the buttermilk and food colouring and whisk till combined. Next add in the hot water and whisk till combined.
4. Place the mixture into a piping bag with a large nozzle and pipe 6cm diameter circles onto a tray lined with grease proof paper allowing room for a little spreading. Allow them to stand on the trays for 10 minutes before putting in the oven. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove trays and allow the pies to cool slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
To make the butter cream
1. Put chocolate pieces into a heat proof bowl and place over a saucepan filled with simmering water, being careful not to allow the water to touch the bowl. Stir until the chocolate has fully melted and remove the bowl from the water. Add in the chocolate and stir until melted allow the mix to cool slightly, then add in the sifted icing sugar and whisk using an electric whisk until creamy.
2. Put the butter cream into a piping bag and pipe a generous swirl of butter cream onto one half of the whoopie pie then place the other half of the whoopie pie on top.
To decorate
Melt some white chocolate and smooth over the top, allowing to set, then add a dusting of cocoa powder.
1 comment:
YUMMO!!!!!!!!!!
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