Christmas cake whoopie pies

Name: Christmas cake whoopie pies
Ingredients: seeds of 1 vanilla pod (bean); seeds of 1 vanilla pod (bean); 1 egg; 300 g/11 oz/2¾ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 125 g/4¼ oz/8½ tbsp unsalted butter, softened; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup soft light brown sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp powdered gelatine; 175 g/6 oz/generous ¾ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 100 g/3¾ oz/⅔ cup mixed dried fruit; 50 ml/2 fl oz/¼ cup boiling water; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup brandy; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups royal icing (confectioners’) sugar; 75 ml/2½ fl oz/⅓ cup golden (light corn) syrup; 25 ml/1½ tbsp cold water; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground mixed (apple pie) spice; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 7.5 ml/1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); finely grated rind of 1 lemon; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup buttermilk; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cinnamon; finely grated rind of 1 orange; red and silver edible balls, to decorate; red and silver edible balls, to decorate

Preparation info

Makes
12
whoopie pies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

These whoopie pies are flavoursome and festive, bursting with fruit and spices. With their spicy ingredients and red and silver balls, they embody all the joy of a Christmas cake in a few bites.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

125 g/4¼ oz/8½ tbsp unsalted butter, softened
175</

Cake
Pie

Method

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