Chocolate Whoopie Pie with Cream Cheese Filling ~ Baking Partners Challenge Nov (Step By Step Pics)

Baking Partners Challenge for November was yet another beautiful bake and I was happy and thrilled to bake these cute sandwich cookies.The recipe was suggested by Swathi &  Anitha @ Anitha's Kitchen Diary and she suggested a pumpkin whooping pie and a chocolaty one.I selected the chocolate whoopie pie as I knew kids would nod a big 'yes' to chocolate and which I wasn't much sure about pumpkin.The chocolate whoopie pies are soft moist dome shaped cookies with a creamy cream cheese frosting.Though the frosting suggested was vanilla but I made the cream cheese one as I had a packet of cream cheese in refrigerator untouched.Do give it a try for your loved one and am sure they would enjoy !!

Ingredients
for cookie
all purpose flour 1 cup
cocoa powder 1/2 cup
baking powder 1/2 tsp
baking soda 1/8 tsp
salt 1/8 tsp
unsalted butter,at room temp 3tbsp
vanilla extract 1/2 tsp
half of 1 egg
buttermilk 1 tbsp
leukwarm strong coffee 1/4 cup

for cream cheese filling
cream cheese 1/2 of a pkt or 4oz
heavy whipping cream 1/4 cup
unsalted butter 1tbsp
icing sugar/confectioners sugar  3/4 cup
vanilla extract 1/2 tsp
salt a pinch

Method
for chocolate cookie

• Pre heat oven to 375 degrees F and line a 13*9 pan with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl,sift the flour,cocoa,baking powder,baking soda and salt twice.
• In another bowl,beat the butter(at room temp) and sugar until light and fluffy.Add the egg and beat well.Add in the vanilla extract.
• In another cup,mix the buttermilk and coffee.Now,alternating flours in batches add to the butter mix and keep adding coffee mixture till you finish the flour and coffee mixture.

• Drop heaping tablespoon of batter on the prepared pan using a tablespoon or ice cream scoop(spacing 2 ").Moisten your fingers in water and smooth out the top surface of cookies.
• Place in oven and bake for 9-10 mins or when lightly pressed it springs back.(Mine took 12 mins )
• Cool on wire rack and prepare the filling.

 


for cream cheese filling-
Beat the butter,heavy whipping cream,salt  and cream cheese in a large bowl on high until light and fluffy or until 2-3 minutes.Reduce mixer speed to low and add confectioner's sugar little by little,making it smooth.Scrape down the sides if required.Chill in refrigerator until use.

for assembling
Arrange the cookie in correct pairs (as per their size and shapes).
Take one cookie,spread a heaping tablespoon of filling on the fl;at side of the cookie.Place another cookie on top the flat side on the filling.Serve just like that or store in refrigerate for a week.

Servings ~ 7 sandwich cookies or 14 single cookie

NOTES
* I used Hersheys cocoa powder,you can use any brand.
* You can use a vanilla filling or any other desired filling too.

A last one to tempt you all :)

Linking this to Baking partners by Swathi @ Zesty South Indian Kitchen