Update on Rum and Coke Whoopie Pies

This is an update to my first post about the Rum and Coke Whoopies pies. It's been a few months and I've tested and tested the recipe and I think now it's up to snuff. I've tried different amount of coke and rum in the mixtures and I think this one is a keeper. I think it's so good that I will be adding it to the permanent Cake Bar menu, as well as, featuring them on the Clean Street Food truck (www.cleanstreetfood.com) this week. If you live in the greater Los Angeles area and would like a Rum and Coke whoopie pie of your own, come on down. Check out the Clean Street Food website for locations of where they will be parked.

All things Pumpkin

When the holidays roll around, I have a hankering for anything and everything Pumpkin. So for this year, I wanted to make something that was chock full of pumpkin and not ending in pie. Don't get me wrong, I love pumpkin pie, but come on now....been there and done that!

Anyway, I started with a pumpkin coffee cake with a yummy streussel on top and then ended with my new favorite type of "cookie", a Whoopie Pie. Here are some pictures in case you're insterested:

The coffee cake was a moist cake with a crunchy yummy streusel topping. The whoopie pie was a pumpkin whoopie with a bourbon caramel cream cheese filling. It was so good that I just might have to add this to my holiday flavors next year. All in all, the pumpkin baking experiment turned out to be a winner. 

Whoopie!

I think everyone knows by now that I love sweets....I love making them, eating them, dreaming of them, etc. so when someone asked me if i can make oreo's, I had to really think about it. hmm....it might be a little difficult to make Oreo's, BUT i can definitely make Whoopie pies (which are pretty close). Think Oreo cakesters instead of the actual crunchy oreo's.

Anyway, I'm always on the lookout to see if I can add a new recipe to my Cake Bar menu and I stumbled upon this brilliant recipe: Rum and Coke Whoopie Pies! Oh my.....and this is what they look like...

I think I have to play with the recipe a little and try to tweak it a smidge for a fuller coke taste in the cake, but all in all it was delicious. Now I have 2 dozen mini whoopie pies and some of my neighbors will be getting a treat tomorrow.