Clever Kitchen: Whoopie Pie Baking FAIL

For a few days now I’ve had this nagging desire to try to convert our Ice Cream Shoppe Cupcakes recipe into Whoopie Pies. Yesterday morning, I finally put my plan into action … and failed terribly!! I made a few adaptions to the recipe, but knew that the batter would still be a bit runny and that I had about a 50/50 shot at my vision coming out right. Turns out I flipped tails and though I managed to salvage the disaster into an edible (and amazingly delicious) treat, they were far from the little puffed beauties I had envisioned!

After mixing up my Ice Cream Shoppe Cupcake batter (with a bit more flour & baking powder), I was starting to feel a little optimistic with how they might turn out. Here’s what they looked like BEFORE going into the oven …

And here’s what they looked like AFTER being in the oven …

A total and complete ascetic baking FAIL!! Never letting food go to waste, nor admitting defeat, I let them cool, whipped up the Marshmallow Icing, and set about salvaging my whoopie pies. I’m pleased to report that the end result was the World’s Wonkiest Whoopie Pies … but possibly also the world’s TASTIEST!!!

They were delicious & confirmed that my initial instincts were correct – the Ice Cream Shoppe Cupcakes would make fabulous tasting whoopie pies. Don’t worry – I’ll try again and will post a real Clever Kitchen recipe once I do!

So, next time you read a scrumptious post of me bragging about another incredible dish I whipped up, be sure to remember this particular baking fail – and imagine all of the ones I don’t post about. Great results sometimes require a bit of a risk – and those risks sometimes don’t turn out – case in point!