Here lately I find myself baking a lot more. Probably because my kids eat an entire box of Little Debbie snack cakes in a day. It just makes more sense to make a big batch of something when you’ve got growing teens. I’m a fairly lazy cook so if there is a short cut to making something I am going to take it. Hence the cake mix!

Homemade Whoopie Pies

Ingredients:

1 box chocolate cake mix

3/4 C water

1/2 C oil

3 Eggs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Combine all ingredients into a standing mixture or large mixing bowl with hand mixer.

Mix until all is combined

Place a piece of parchment paper onto a cookie sheet.

Scoop some batter with a ice cream scooper onto the cookie sheet, about 3 inches apart.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Pull out and let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes.

Using a metal spatula, transfers the pies onto a plate to cool more while you prep the frosting.

Frosting ingredients:

1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter

2 C Powder Sugar

1 TSP vanilla

3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream

Icing Directions:

Combine all ingredients, except heavy cream, into a standing mixture.

If the frosting looks like powdery pebbles, add the heavy cream.

Once stiff peaks are formed, scoop frosting into a piping bag with a round tip.

Pipe icing onto one side of the whoopie pie and place the other side on top.

Grab a glass of milk or water and enjoy!

Baltimore Bomb Pie Recipe

Yield: 12

Whoopie Pies

Ingredients

1 box chocolate cake mix
3/4 C water
1/2 C oil
3 Eggs
1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter
2 C Powder Sugar
1 TSP vanilla
3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Combine all ingredients into a standing mixture or large mixing bowl with hand mixer.

Mix until all is combined

Place a piece of parchment paper onto a cookie sheet.

Scoop some batter with a ice cream scooper onto the cookie sheet, about 3 inches apart.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Pull out and let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes.

Using a metal spatula, transfers the pies onto a plate to cool more while you prep the frosting.

Icing Directions:

Combine all ingredients, except heavy cream, into a standing mixture.

If the frosting looks like powdery pebbles, add the heavy cream.

Once stiff peaks are formed, scoop frosting into a piping bag with a round tip.

Pipe icing onto one side of the whoopie pie and place the other side on top.