Whoopi Goldberg in my kitchen.

I saw this recipe during a baking show on TV once and I wanted to try it out ever since. Surfing around the internet I even found a funny little story about the origin of its name:

“According to Amish legend, when children would find these treats in their lunch bags, they would shout “Whoopie!” What’s cooking america

That’s it about history for now, let’s start baking!

 

Chocolate Whoopie Pies

© Jule Helmke

 

 

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup strong coffee or or 1/2 cup water

Filling

1/4 cup vegetable shortening (Magarine)

1/4 cup butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 cup light corn syrup

2 carrots 1 cup(cake)

It’s time! It’s time! After what feels like an eternity I finally decided to bake some cupcakes again! This is actually a recipe that I’ve never tried before, even though it’s not that special or difficult to do, I guess. When I wrote down all the ingredients before I went grocery shopping, I kind of overlooked the number of how many cupcakes you could make from this dough. It was not the usual 12 pieces but 24! So if you don’t want you whole fridge filled with cupcake, divide all numbers down below in half! But on the other side, who doesn’t want their fridge being filled with cupcakes??

© Jule Helmke

Ingredients

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 pound carrots

3 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

1 tablespoon orange zest

3 cups flour

3 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cardamom

1 teaspoon cinnamon

 

Frosting

1 cup butter

16 oz cream cheese

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

9th door.

Christmas bakery.

Happy 2nd advent everyone! I remember that last year I totally missed to bake some cookies for christmas, but this year is going to be different. My friend Yvonne came over and we decided to make some Hallongrottor (raspberry cave). I’m not sure if they are super christmassy but they are just sooo delicious

© Jule Helmke

 

Ingredients:

200g butter

1 dl sugar

1tsp vanilla sugar

1 tsp baking powder

4 1/2 dl flour

1/2 dl raspberry jam

 

1. Blend butter and sugar till it’s creamy. Mix vanilla sugar, baking powder and flour. Blend them into the mixture. Knead to a nice dough.

2. Form the dough into a roll, 20 cm long. Cut it into 20 pieces. Roll them to small balls and put them into the baking forms. Make i pit with your finger into every ball. Add a little bit of the jam to the pits.

3. Bake under 175 °C in the oven for 18min.

 

 

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