The Original Whoopie Pie Gob Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine cocoa and water. Cool for 5 minutes. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and cocoa mixture. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition , To form each cookie, drop 2 tablespoons 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until firm to the touch, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For filling, in a small saucepan, combine flour and salt. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth; cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened, 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and refrigerate until completely cool. , In a small bowl, cream the shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add milk mixture; beat until fluffy, about 7 minutes. Spread filling on half the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• To make the cakes: Prepare mix as directed on package except using only 3/4 cup of water. Drop batter onto greased cookie sheet (or use parchment paper to line pan) in 2 1/2 to 3 inch circles. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool.
• To make the filling: In a saucepan, combine milk and flour and cook, stirring constantly until it forms a thick paste. Let cool.
• In a medium bowl, beat sugar and shortening until fluffy. Add vanilla. Add cooled flour mixture and beat until double in volume.
• Turn the little cakes over on their backs. Spoon a dollop of filling onto half of the little cakes. Place the other half of the cakes on top of the filling to form sandwiches.

Steps:

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

Steps:

• For the cakes: Heat oven to 350°F; line 2 cake pans with parchment paper.
• Combine all cake ingredients and mix.
• Pour half of batter into each cake pan. Cook approximately 20 minutes, or until cakes spring back when pressed. Cool completely on baking sheets, at least 1 hour.
• For the filling:.
• With electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla and salt. Beat in Fluff until incorporated, about 2 minutes. Refrigerate filling until slightly firm, about 30 minutes. (Bowl can be wrapped and refrigerated for up to 2 days).
• Spread filling onto one of the cakes. Place other cake on top. Refrigerate in air tight container up to 3 days.
• This is also good if you heat a can of frosting for 20 seconds and pour over the cake.