Whoopie Pie Cake

Whoopie Pie Cake

Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup margarine (if using margarine, not spread or tub product) or 1 cup butter (if using margarine, not spread or tub product)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk (soured milk may be subbed, if necessary)
  • 3 eggs

Directions

  • 1 Preheat oven to 350F; grease and dust two 9-inch cake pans with cocoa.
  • 2 Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy; add eggs and beat until smooth.
  • 3 Sift dry ingredients together; add alternatively with buttermilk to the egg batter and beat for two minutes.
  • 4 Pour equally into prepared cake pans.
  • 5 Bake for 25 minutes or until cakes test done.
  • 6 Let rest in cake pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling rack to complete cooling.
  • 7 While the cake is cooling, make the frosting: Add milk to flour slowly, avoiding lumps.
  • 8 Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
  • 9 Cool completely.
  • 10 Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy.
  • 11 Add to cooked mixture.
  • 12 Beat, high speed, until very fluffy.
  • 13 Looks and tastes like whipped cream.
  • 14 Place one layer on cake plate and liberally frost top.
  • 15 Place second layer on top of first and frost top and sides.
  • 16 Sift cocoa powder lightly over the top for garnish, if desired.
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