Coconut Cake Whoopie Pies
2014-06-17 02:23:37
Yields 6
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1¼ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 recipe Cream Cheese Coconut Filling (recipe follows)
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer. Add egg, and beat until well combined.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk and extracts. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Using a 1⁄4-cup measuring cup, scoop batter evenly onto baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
- Bake until golden, approximately 15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks, and let cool completely.
- Spread Cream Cheese Coconut Filling evenly on flat sides of 6 cookies. Top with remaining cookies, flat sides down. Roll edges of whoopie pies in toasted coconut. Refrigerate whoopie pies until ready to serve.
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Cream Cheese Coconut Filling
2014-06-17 02:24:55
Ingredients
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup cream of coconut
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7 cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, cream of coconut, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add confectioners’ sugar, one cup at a time, beating until smooth.
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