Mini almond cake sandwiches with chocolate filling.
Almond Chocolate Whoopie Pie
Category
Cakes
Ingredients
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Nonstick spray and flour for pans
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3/4 cup sugar
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1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
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7 ounces Mandelin Premium Almond Paste
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3 large eggs
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1 tablespoon milk
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/3 cup cake flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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10 ounces semisweet or milk chocolate
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1-1/4 cup heavy cream
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1/3 cup chopped Mandelin Natural Whole Almonds
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 2 muffin pans with nonstick spray; coat with flour and tap out excess.
Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Add almond paste, 1 piece at a time, beating until well blended after each addition. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Stir together milk, almond extract and salt, and add to butter mixture. Mix flour and baking powder in small bowl; add to batter. Beat just until blended. Spoon batter into 2 pans; they won’t be very full. Bake15-18 minutes, or until golden brown and a tester inserted into center of one comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack.
Chop chocolate and place in a medium bowl. Bring cream to a boil and pour over chocolate; let sit for 2 minutes, and then stir well. Let ganache firm up so that it’s spreadable.
To assemble whoopie pies, sandwich 2 together as shown with ganache. Spread more ganache on top and sprinkle with almonds.
Recipe Note
Yields 12 pies.
Developed by Emily Luchetti for Almond Board of California