Vanilla Whoopie Pies

Vanilla Whoopie Pies

Ingredients
115g butter softened
200g soft brown sugar
1 tsp Queen Vanilla Extract
1 large egg
300g white plain flour
1¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch salt
225ml buttermilk
3 tbsp butter
1 tsp Queen Vanilla Extract
2 cups icing sugar
Milk
Queen Soft Sugar Pearls and icing sugar to decorate

Method
Pre-heat the oven to 170C fan-forced and line two baking trays with baking paper. With an electric mixer, or hand-held mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until thick and creamy then add the egg and mix until combined. Using a spoon, mix through the sifted flour, salt and bicarb soda then mix in the buttermilk. Use an ice-cream scoop to spoon scoops of batter onto the baking trays making sure you leave a few centimetres between each scoop. Smooth out the tops with your finger (or use the back of a spoon) and even them out so they're the same height all over. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they're firm then transfer to a wire rack to cool. To make the filling, beat the butter until smooth, creamy and pale and then beat in the vanilla extract. Gradually add the icing sugar and beat until mixed in and add a little milk to get the icing to spreadable consistency. Spread half of the cakes with icing on the flat side and sandwich them together with an un-iced cake. Decorate with soft sugar pearls and dust with icing sugar.


Be Treated like Royalty

Always an innovator in baking and decorating products, Queen Fine Foods has launched Soft Sugar Pearls. The new Soft Sugar Pearls are crunchy on the outside, yet soft in the middle and are perfect for decorating cakes, biscuits, whoopie pies, cupcakes and cake pops. The Soft Sugar Pearls are available in White, Silver and Rainbow.

There are endless ways to use the new Soft Sugar Pearls and well as the wide range of Queen decorating products to make beautiful and delicious Birthday & Special Occassion gifts and add that special touch to everyday baking.

Soft Sugar Pearls tips:

Get creative with Soft Sugar Pearls. Give a beautiful set of 'Pearls" by arranging White Soft Sugar Pearls in the shape of a necklace and embellish with Silver Soft Sugar Pearls for extra bling, perfect for the fashionista's that loves jewels.
Whip up a batch of your favourite cupcake recipe, colour the icing with your favourite colour then write special messages over the cupcakes using White or Silver Soft Sugar Pearls and Queen's Decoration Icing Kit.
Create a spectacular breakfast in bed, especially with pancakes adorned with Rainbow Soft Sugar Pearls. Make your favourite pancake mix and top pancakes with Queen Maple Syrup, whipped cream and Soft Sugar Pearls.
Homemade cake pops are irresistible, especially when topped with gorgeous Soft Sugar Pearls. Simply sprinkle the top of the cake pops with Soft Sugar Pearls and allow cake pops to dry.
Make your favourite whoopie pie recipe and apply Rainbow Soft Sugar Pearls around the side, dust with icing sugar and customise with Queen Writing Icings.
For a fun no back activity kids can create beautiful birthday cards using Soft Sugar Pearls to spell out friend's name or make whimsical flowers.

Queen Soft Sugar Pearls RRP $2.99 are now available at Woolworths.