Name: Strawberry-filled whoopie pies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 225 g butter; 250 g castor sugar; 2 eggs; 300 g flour self-raising; 1 tsp Baking powder; 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda; 2 Tbs cocoa powder; salt pinch; 1 cup Buttermilk; 2 tsp vinegar apple cider; 1 Tbs Food colouring red; 100 g cream cheese softened; 50 g icing sugar sifted; 1/2 tsp vanilla essence; 1/2 cup cream double thick; 125 g strawberries hulled and finely chopped

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Ingredients (16)

225 g	butter
250 g	castor sugar
2	eggs
300 g	flour — self-raising
1 tsp	Baking powder
1 tsp	Bicarbonate of soda
2 Tbs	cocoa powder
	salt — pinch
1 cup	Buttermilk
2 tsp	vinegar — apple cider
1 Tbs	Food colouring — red

FILLING:

100 g	cream cheese — softened
50 g	icing sugar — sifted
1/2 tsp	vanilla — essence
1/2 cup	cream — double thick
125 g	strawberries — hulled and finely chopped

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180ºC.

Line a large baking tray or 2 smaller ones with baking paper. Place the sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat until pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarb, cocoa and salt and, in a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and cider vinegar. Add half the dry ingredients and half the buttermilk liquid to the egg mixture, stir to combine then stir in the remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk.

Spoon the mixture into a large piping bag with a round nozzle and pipe 24 rounds onto the baking tray. Place in oven and bake for 7 minutes.

Remove, allow rounds to cool completely on a wire rack.

For Filling:
Place the cream cheese in a bowl, add icing sugar, vanilla and double cream, beat to combine, stir through chopped strawberries.

To assemble:
Spread strawberry filling onto one side of round, top with a second round and sandwich together; repeat with remaining rounds.

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