My first whoopie pies!

Since discovering where I could buy marshmallow fluff, I've been itching to try my hand at whoopie pies. I liked the idea that they looked like a cross between a cake and a kiss. There are quite a few whoopie pie recipes in the Hummingbird Cake Days books, but I decided on the chocolate chip whoopie pies.

Here are my whoopie pies, or "bombs" as Mum likes to call them. They're massive! As you can tell I went for the more rustic, lumpy approach. I tend to only start baking around midnight so I generally can't be arsed faffing about with piping bags to make them look even and perfect. I really liked the flavour of the sponge, a bit like a sweet oven scone, and the yoghurt gives it a nice, smooth texture. If I was to make them again I don't think I'd use the marshmallow fluff icing as it is a bit sickly sweet. I would also make them smaller, maybe more like a kiss, just so they're a more manageable size to eat.

As much as I love my Hummingbird Bakery book for its fun recipes and glorious pictures, I have a few niggles: I always end up with far too much icing (I hate wastage), everything seems to need an at extra 10 minutes baking time in the oven, and the recipes are destroying my poor little food mixer with their thick batters!

.....Still a great book though :)