As you can see, I didn't mix the batter just enough (there's a small brown blob on the there). So, yea, everyone? Mix your batter more than I did. It looks like some of these hearts had myocardial infarctions.
Overall, we enjoyed them. The batter was very nice. I really liked the brown, but then I added the red.
And I was absolutely enjoying how much dye I put it. To me, red velvet cake should be RED. This was also done during the end of January. I was unable to make anything on Valentine's Day, but I wanted to do these.
The problem, however, is that whoopie pie batter is CAKE, not cookie. I had some odd notion that I'd be able use cookie cutters. I also turned out to be wrong.
It was a pain. What I did was trace the outline of the heart by using the edge of the (now useless) cookie cutter with batter, then dolloped the batter on and formed it with spoons and knives. In the end, they turned out wonderfully, but just not as simple as I planned.
Which you can see them in the background. I always, always, use parchment paper. It is a GODSEND. No mess! No cleaning up the pans!
I did not use the frosting from tWtCC, but just normal whoopie pie filling. I'm so tired of cream cheese frosting. Our family NEVER uses any other frosting other than cream cheese. Let's just say that even though cream cheese is better with red velvet, I was glad not to use it. The only problem is that we found it way too sweet. Misha (my boyfriend) and my dad both thought that next time, less sugar!
This is the second time I've made whoopie pies, actually. I originally did so years ago (when I was like 14) and accidentally dumped loads of fake almond extract into the frosting. Which I stupidly never tasted until I assembled all the whoopie pies. The batter was delicious, however!
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