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Whoopie Pies: Part 2 – Spice Whoopie Pies

Continuing in our whoopie pie series, today I’m going to share a recipe for a spice whoopie pie. I found the base recipe on cooks.com, but made so many changes, I’ve included the recipe with all my changes. Click here for the original recipe from cooks.com. Among my changes, I halved the original recipe. This still gave me about…

Salted Caramel Frosting

Last night for dessert, I made an amazingly delicious pumpkin cake. The reviews said to top it with cream cheese frosting, but I was out of cream cheese. I decided to make a salted caramel frosting and it was delicious. I used my mom’s caramel frosting recipe as a base, but changed it a little…

Variations on Cream-Cheese Frosting

I believe, the main purpose for solid food is to serve as a a vessel for frosting. In that spirit, I always like to experiment to come up with new frosting ideas. Here are two I’ve come up with recently. Both have the basics of a regular cream cheese frosting, but the additions send them…