Whoopie Pies With Raspberries And Lemon-Scented Cream

• For the chocolate cakes:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup Dutch-process cocoa
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 cup well-shaken buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• For the filling:
• 12 ounces whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 teaspoons confectioner's sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest (from one lemon)
• 6 ounces fresh red raspberries (about 30)

1. First, prepare the cakes. Preheat oven to 350u0b0 F.
2. Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
3. In another bowl, cream together butter and sugar. When light and fluffy, add in egg.
4. Mix in 1/2 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
5. Add vanilla and buttermilk.
6. Combine in the rest of the flour mixture with the batter.
7. Measure out 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto two baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches around each cake. Bake for about 12 minutes, switching pan position after 6 minutes. Cakes are done when they spring back to touch. Be careful not to overbake or they'll dry out. Cool completely on baking sheets before assembling into whoopie pies.
8. While cakes are baking, prepare the filling. First, whip cream into soft peaks, then gently stir in sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla. Refrigerate until ready to assemble whoopie pies.
9. Assemble whoopie pies just before serving. Mound about 2 tablespoons of prepared cream filling onto the bottom half of a cake. Then place about 5 raspberries onto cream, and top with another cake, bottom down. There will be extra cream-- feel free to serve with another dollop on the side, if eating on a plate.

chocolate cakes, flour, dutch, baking soda, kosher salt, wellshaken buttermilk, vanilla, butter, brown sugar, egg, whipping cream, vanilla, sugar, lemon zest, red raspberries

Taken from food52.com/recipes/13116-whoopie-pies-with-raspberries-and-lemon-scented-cream (may not work)