Spiderweb Whoopie Pies
- 1 box chocolate fudge cake mix with pudding in the mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 c. canola oil
- 1/2 c. water
- 1 c. unsalted butter
- 2 c. confectioners' sugar
- 1 jar marshmallow Fluff
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 2 tsp. orange extract
- Orange gel food coloring
- 1 c. confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp. milk or water
- Prepare whoopie pies: Beat all ingredients in a bowl with a mixer on medium speed 3 minutes, or until batter is smooth.
- Let batter rest 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Drop level 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter into mounds on baking sheets, spacing them 3 inches apart (6 to 8 mounds per sheet; you will get 24 mounds).
- Bake each sheet 11 minutes, or until cakes are puffed and a pick inserted into centers comes out clean.
- Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
- Bake remaining cakes.
- Prepare filling: In a large mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add Marshmallow Fluff, cream cheese, and orange extract; continue mixing until blended.
- Tint filling a pale orange with food coloring.
- To assemble pies spread the flat side of 1 cake with 2 tablespoons of the filling; top with another cake, pressing down gently to distribute the filling evenly.
- To make Spiderweb Glaze, mix ingredients in a small bowl until thick and smooth.
- Transfer glaze to a small zip-top food-storage bag.
- Snip off a corner of bag and pipe a spiderweb design on top of each whoopie pie.
- Let glaze dry until hardened.
chocolate fudge cake, eggs, canola oil, water, unsalted butter, sugar, marshmallow fluff, cream cheese, orange extract, orange gel food coloring, confectioners, milk
Taken from www.delish.com/recipefinder/spiderweb-whoopie-pies-recipe-rbk1010 (may not work)