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My Ninja Naan Baby Shower – Snowball Whoopie Pies

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Surprise!

My dear friend Henna of My Ninja Naan is due to have baby number 2 very soon. In honour of such a momentus occasion I organised a little virtual surprise baby shower for her along with the help of her food blogger friends Sarah of flour and spice blog and Asiya of chocolate and chillies. I’ve introduced you to Henna before, she very kindly wrote me a guest blog post while I was away earlier this year. You can see more of her yummy recipes and beautiful images on her own blog.
My Ninja Naan Baby Shower Image (3) We’ve been planning this for a little while and I hope we were successful in keeping it a surprise. Henna is actually completely unaware this is happening, we planned the posts to go up while she sleeps so she could wake up to it the next morning. Henna, I hope this is a pleasant surprise and I hope you enjoy your virtual shower.

My Ninja Naan Baby Shower The theme we decided on was ‘finger food’, I made snowball whoopie pies. Whoopie pies are handheld sandwich cakes; a popular treat in America. Since Henna is American I thought why not create something close to home. I also happened to have a request from my brother for South African Snowballs; a small rounded sponge cake covered in red jam glaze and sandwiched with more jam or vanilla filling. As you can tell I put the two together to create these Snowball Whoopie Pies. I wanted to make a baby shower cake, but considering the theme is finger food, this is the next best thing. It doesn’t get much better than a handheld cake, right? You don’t even need a spoon or a fork, just pick it up and munch away.

Snowball Whoopie Pies I’m not sure what a whoopie pie is meant to taste like and these don’t taste like traditional snowballs, as they aren’t very spongy and I decided not to include the jam element but I think it all works together nicely and is a great treat all the same. Even snowball loving Mr Munchies approved of them. The whoopie pie recipe was actually suggested to me by Henna, I used her adaptations as well as making some of my own. I think it turned out really well. Henna always has great taste with food, always sharing recipes that work well and have delicious flavours. Don’t forget to check out her blog and be sure to scroll through to see what the other attendees brought to the party and to view the recipe at the end.

Henna, I wish you everything of the best in this chapter for your family. I hope all goes well for you and bub makes a safe and healthy arrival, in Shaa Allah. Your support and friendship has been amazing, thank you.

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Sarah from Flour and Spice – Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels.
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Asiya from Chocolate and Chillies – Stuffed Mushrooms.

Amira from Arabian Mama – Raspberry Cake.

 

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Snowball Whoopie Pies

Servings: 12 Pies

Ingredients

Whoopie Pies

  • 125 g butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 3 tablespoons yogurt
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tsp bicarb soda
  • 1 tsp vinegar

Glaze Coating

  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 2-4 tablespoons milk
  • 2 or more drops pink gel colouring

Buttercream Filling

  • 100 g butter
  • 150 g icing sugar
  • 1 tblsp cream

To assemble

  • 2 cups desiccated coconut

Instructions

Whoopie Pies

  • Pre heat your oven to 170c and line your baking sheets with baking paper. Cream butter with sugars until smooth and creamy. Add in eggs, vanilla and yogurt and mix again until combined. Mix together milk, vinegar and bicarb and add it to the mixture. Add in your flour, and baking powder and beat until mixed through. Using a table spoon or small ice cream scoop, spoon out your filling keeping 1-2 inches between each spoonful. Place in the oven for 8-10 minutes. The whoopie pie will be done when they’re lightly golden and firm to the touch. Let them cool completely on the baking sheet.

Glaze coating

  • Mix 1 cup sifted icing sugar with enough water to make a runny glaze, add in colouring and mix through.

Buttercream Filling

  • Beat together butter and icing sugar. Slowly add in the cream and continue to beat until light and fluffy.

To assemble

  • Spread buttercream onto one side and sandwich with another. Swirl each side in the glaze and then roll in desiccated coconut. Be prepared to get your hands messy for this one.

Notes

Adapted from https://justbakedbyme.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/vanilla-whoopie-pies/

 

 

Snowball Whoopie Pies - My Ninja Naan Baby Shower

By on April 22nd, 2015

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9 thoughts on “My Ninja Naan Baby Shower – Snowball Whoopie Pies”

  1. This is a lovely recipe .. although I did not know that the theme was finger food!!! :). Congratulations Henna may you and your family be blessed forever.

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  2. It’s been a week and I still can’t get over the fact that you guys pulled this off for me. I know that you’ve had your plate full for the past several weeks, and I am so honored that you took on yet another project for my sake. I am humbled, and my joy and gratefulness knows no bounds.
    May Allah reward you for your hard work. May He fill your life with unbound happiness, health, and prosperity.
    And I love that you were sneakily getting my preferences for this party 😉 The buttercream, the whoopie pies. It all makes sense now! 🙂
    By the way, I saw the invites and they are super cute! You should totally think about taking up party planning as an official career!

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  3. These look delicious. This was one of my favorite treats as a child. I never even considered the idea of making them at home! I can’t wait to give this recipe a try!

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