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Root Beer Float Whoopie Pies Recipe #flavorstory
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
-18
Calories
Author
Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
Cakes
¼
cup
shortening
room temp.
½
cup
butter
room temp.
¾
cup
dark brown sugar
½
cup
sugar
1
teaspoon
kosher salt
1
teaspoon
baking soda
3
cups
flour
1
large egg
¾
cup
buttermilk
½
cup
milk
or water
2 ½
teaspoon
McCormick Root Beer Extract
½
teaspoon
McCormick Vanilla Extract
Filling
½
cup
butter
½
cup
shortening
3
cups
confectionery sugar
2
teaspoon
McCormick Vanilla Extract
**add a teaspoon or two of milk if frosting is too thick for you
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees, and prep baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream together the butter, shortening, sugars and salt. Add the remaining cake ingredients and mix well.
Ladle approx. 2 tbs of the batter onto parchment, leaving a couple inches between.
Bake for approximately 10 minutes, until center of batter has set.
Cool on racks.
Whisk together the frosting filling.
Once the cakes are cool frost underside of one, and place another on top to make a sandwich. Serve.