Chocolate Whoopie Pies (aka Gobbs)

No matter where in Pennsylvania you are from, no matter what you call them, Whoopie Pies are a Pennsylvania Dutch treat, through and through.  Here is but one version of the recipe:

  4 C all-purpose flour                                                               2 Egg Yolks

  1 C Dutch-process cocoa powder                                              For filling

  2 Tbl baking soda                                                                      2 Egg Whites

  1 Cup Sour Or Buttermilk                                                          2 Tsp Vanilla

  1 C Water, Hot                                                                         4 Tbl Milk

  1/2 Tsp Salt                                                                              4 Tbl Flour

  2 Tsp vanilla                                                                             1 1/2 C Crisco

  1 C Shortening                                                                          2 C Powdered Sugar

  2 C Sugar                                                                                

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Mix all cake ingredients and drop from a spoon on a greased cookie sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Combine all filling ingredients and beat in 2 cups powdered sugar.  Add 1 1/2 c Crisco, beating until icing texture.  Put between cakes.

You can also add Jif peanut butter to the frosting recipe, mixing in to your taste.