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Boston Cream Whoopie Pies

This decadent dessert made with Irish coffee creamer combines two iconic Boston treats, The Boston cream pie and the whoopie pie, into one Boston Cream Whoopie Pie.
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Course: Dessert
Makes: 12
Author: We are not Martha

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter room temperature
  • ½ C packed light brown sugar
  • ½ C granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ t vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ C cake flour
  • ½ t baking powder
  • ¼ t salt
  • ½ C Baileys® Coffee Creamers Original Irish Cream
  • ¼ C milk
  • Custard filling recipe below
  • Chocolate ganache recipe below

Custard Filling:

  • 1 C Baileys® Coffee Creamers Original Irish Cream
  • 1 C milk
  • 4 large egg yollks lightly beaten
  • 3 T granulated sugar
  • ¼ C cornstarch
  • 2 T butter
  • Green food coloring optional

Chocolate Ganache:

  • ½ C Baileys® Coffee Creamers Original Irish Cream
  • 6 oz. dark chocolate chopped roughly

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer), cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Mix in egg and vanilla extract until combined.
  • In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together cake flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add half of flour mixture into mixing bowl and blend until just combined.
  • Mix in coffee creamer and milk.
  • Add the remainder of the flour mixture to the mixing bowl and blend until just combined.
  • Lightly spray whoopie pie pan with oil or cooking spray.
  • Spoon batter into whoopie pie pan cavities, using about 1 ½ T to fill cavities ⅔ of the way full. Make sure batter is spread to edges of pan.
  • Bake for 7-9 minutes, until cakes are just starting to turn golden around edges and a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let cakes cool in pan for at least 5 minutes. Remove cakes from pan and cool completely on baking rack.
  • Once cakes are cooled, fit pastry bag with a standard round pastry tip and spoon custard filling into bag. Pipe generous amount of custard filling onto one whoopie pie cake round and sandwich with another.
  • Spoon chocolate ganache over the top of each whoopie pie and allow to drip down the edges.

Custard Filling:

  • In a medium-sized saucepan, bring coffee creamer and milk to the simmer.
  • In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together egg yolks, granulated sugar, and cornstarch.
  • Pour half of the creamer/milk mixture into the egg yolks, continuously whisking.
  • Then pour back into creamer/milk saucepan and continue to whisk for about 5 minutes while mixture thickens.
  • Remove from heat and stir in butter.
  • Pour pastry cream into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap (so plastic wrap is touching top of pastry cream) and let cool completely.
  • Mix green food coloring into pastry cream if desired.

Chocolate Ganache:

  • Place dark chocolate in a medium-sized bowl.
  • Heat coffee creamer in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
  • When creamer is very hot (but not boiling), pour over chocolate. Stir gently until smooth.
  • Allow to cool slightly before using.
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