These Watermelon Whoopie Pies are a fun dessert recipe to make with the entire family and share at your next bbq!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword dessert, entertaining, summer
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 27 minutesminutes
Servings 10pies
Calories 265kcal
Author Michelle
Ingredients
For the cakes:
1stick buttersoftened
¾cupgranulated sugar
1large egg
1tspvanilla extract
2cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
Pinchsalt
⅔cupbuttermilk
1drop violet gel food coloring
3drops red gel food coloring
3drops Kelly green gel food coloring
Black frostingfor decorating
For the filling:
1sticks buttersoftened
2cupsconfectioners’ sugar
2tbspmilk
2tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
With an electric mixer, start beating your butter, sugar, egg and vanilla on medium speed. Gradually increase to high until creamy.
In a medium-sized bowl, sift together all of your dry ingredients. In thirds, add them to your wet ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk.
Once all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined, divide the batter into 2 bowls. Color each one – one bowl of batter will be the red and purple, the other green.
Use frosting bags to pipe each colored batter onto your lined baking sheet, about 2 inches in diameter. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
Prepare your buttercream by beating butter, sugar, milk and vanilla on medium speed. Gradually increase the speed to high. The buttercream is ready once it forms stiff peaks.
Assemble by spreading the buttercream on the bottom of one green cake. Sandwich the buttercream by placing a pink cake on top. Decorate with black frosting by drawing out “watermelon seeds” on the pink side of the whoopie pie.