Dessert for 2
Old-Fashioned Whoopie Pies
$13.60for 445 minServes 2
Soft cocoa cakes bake in rounds, cool, and sandwich a cooked milk, shortening, and sugar filling.
Photo: tasteofhome.com
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eggs$0.30 each typical | 2 | $0.60Typical price |
 | Buttermilk$0.05/oz typical | 4.25 oz | $0.21Typical price |
| Milk$0.04/oz typical | 8.5 oz | $0.34Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $6.80 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
Cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaCooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilSugar and brown sugarFlourBaking powder and sodaSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
- 45 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 2servings as written
- $$typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
$3.40 per serving$13.60 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 dash salt
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease two baking sheets with cooking oil.
- Stir the cocoa with hot water, then beat in the shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Mix in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk until smooth, then drop 12 mounds onto the sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cakes spring back when lightly pressed, then cool for 10 minutes.
- Cook the filling flour, salt, and milk in a saucepan over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring until thick, then cool completely.
- Beat in the shortening, confectioners sugar, and vanilla, then spread the filling between pairs of cakes.
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