Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Ok, so today we are finished with the perfect pairs theme. As a recap we first started this month with Maple + Bacon, then we went with Lemon + Meringue, last week we went with a classic Peanut Butter + Jelly and we are finishing it up with Red Velvet + Cream Cheese. I love Red Velvet anything and normally I always make red velvet macarons but this time I went with whoopie pies. I really love whoopie pies since I had them in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I've only made whoopie pies one other time and they were yummy but I knew I could make them better and with more filling. I filled these red velvet whoopie pies with a luscious swiss meringue buttercream that I added cream cheese to.
Whoopie pies are super easy to make and the texture is somewhere between a cookie and a cake. I love them. I also dusted them with powdered sugar.

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Here's what you will need

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cups of cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 stick butter (room temperature)
• 1 egg ( room temperature)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• red food coloring (drops)

Preheat oven to 350F

First sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Set aside for later.

In a separate bowl take brown sugar and softened butter and mix together until fluffy.

add the egg and whisk until combined.

add in your food coloring

 Then add in 1/3 of your flour mixture.

 Mix well

Add in half of your buttermilk (it looks pink because I mixed the remainder food coloring from my tablespoon into the buttermilk)

You will repeat this process starting with the flour mixture, milk, flour, milk and ending with flour.

Drop about 1/3 cup of each mixture onto a parchment lined baking pan

Bake in a 350F oven for 16 minutes, turning pan halfway.

Remove and place on cooling rack for 30 minutes.

is it weird that I like how lumpy they look

I used leftover swiss meringue buttercream from my freezer. I just rewhipped it. You can use anything that you would like but here is a good recipe I used last week. Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Look at that swirl of frosting ( I bought a new french tip)

so pretty with a dusting of powdered sugar

close up of the yummy whoopie pie