What to with Marshmallow Fluff

Last week I was at the shopping centre and we decided to go into Jumbo (Portuguese Supermarket) and see what they had on stock in the international aisle. Next thing I hear is Lucy shouting "THEY HAVE MARSHMALLOW FLUFF, CAN WE GET SOME?!" Okay...maybe she didn't shout but she was very excited about it. We both chipped in a euro and bought the 7.5 oz jar. It sat in our pantry until we finally figured out what to do with it. Lucy found a recipe for whoopie pies (recipe from Food&Wine) and we decided to make them on Sunday afternoon. It was a lot of fun especially since we had ABBA blaring in the background!

Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour

• 1/2 cup cocoa powder

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 110 g butter

• 1 cup light brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 cup buttermilk (regular milk works also, but if you want to make your own buttermilk just add a squeeze of lemon to 1 cup of milk

Icing

• 220 g butter

• 2 cups icing sugar

• Vanilla beans from 1 pod

• 7.5 oz marshmallow fluff

Method

Preheat the oven to 175C. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside. Meanwhile, put the butter and brown sugar into a stand mixer and beat until pale and fluffy. Add in the egg and the vanilla and beat until combined.

Add in the dry ingredients and the milk in 3 increments alternating between each. This will prevent the mixture from splitting.

Next spoon out approx 12 whoopie pies onto a lined baking tray (make sure to leave a LOT of room between each - they expand). Place in the oven and bake for about 16 minutes or until the tops are risen and firm.

To make the icing, place the butter vanilla and icing sugar into the stand mixer and beat until pale and fluffy. Then add in the marshmallow fluff and beat one last time to combine.

Make sure the whoopie pies are completely cool before sandwiching 2 together with the buttercream.

These are very indulgent, but they taste great! Enjoy!