In the past when I’ve used my grandmother’s whoopie pie recipe to make a giant whoopie pie cake, the filling was too soft and the cake top sort of slid off to the side shortly after assembly. This time I tried a different frosting recipe, and it worked much better!
This filling recipe is the same filling used in Nellie Moody Jones’s Molasses Whoopie Pies. I made a double batch to generously fill the giant whoopie pie cake shown above, though a single batch would probably be enough!
Whoopie Pie Filling
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
4 tbsp. Marshmallow Fluff
1 c. confectioners’ sugar
milk, as needed to achieve spreadable consistency.
Combine all ingredients and beat thoroughly using just enough milk to make the frosting spreadable.
may i have the recipes for whoopie pie cake and frosting w/ marshmallow? for mom’s 70th! thanks.
I will update the blog post to include the frosting recipe.
Have you found any vegetable shortening that is healthful?
What I have seen is not.
It’s so great to see someone who knows what a REAL whoopie pie is! I grew up on these and miss them so much now that I live in Florida. And seeing “Memere” on the cake makes me a little homesick – i miss my Memere and her whoopies! thanks for this sweet reminder of the good old days… i’ll have to make this soon. 🙂
would you please put the whoopie pie recipe up? please and thank you
http://www.kelliesbelly.com/2010/07/homemade-whoopie-pie-cake/