Mango passion whoopie pies

Name: Mango passion whoopie pies
Ingredients: 1 egg; 325 g/11½ oz/scant 3 cups plain (all-purpose) flour; seeds of 1 vanilla pod (bean); seeds of 1 vanilla pod (bean); 130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup unsalted butter, softened; 150 g/5 oz/¾ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup double (heavy) cream; 50 ml/2 fl oz/¼ cup milk; ½ mango, peeled, stoned (pitted) and finely chopped; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 7.5 ml/1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup buttermilk; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; juice of 2 passion fruits; 90 ml/6 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar; pulp of 3 passion fruits, including seeds, to decorate

Preparation info

Makes
12
whoopie pies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Exotic and enticing, these whoopie pies are filled with mango pieces and topped with passion fruit. They are also good with other tropical fruits, such as papaya and star fruit (carambola).

Ingredients

For the Cakes

130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1

Cake
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line two baking trays with baking parchment or silicone mats. For the cakes, whisk the butter, sugar and vanilla seeds until fluffy. Whisk in the egg.
In a separate bowl, sift the flour with the bicarbonate of sod