Delicious, Pillowy, and flavorful Carrot Whoopie Pie filled with creamy cream cheese frosting.
What is a Whoopie Pie? The Whoopie Pie is an American dessert that may be considered a cookie, Pie, sandwich, or cake. It contains two round mound-shaped pieces of usually chocolate cake! Sometimes pumpkin, gingerbread other flavored cakes, with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting sandwiched between them. whoopiePie.
Well, Now we are trying a carrot version of the traditional whoopie Pie 🙂
About This Recipe
- This delicious dessert requires a handful of simple ingredients. Flour, warm spices, leavening, butter, granulated and brown sugar, eggs, and grated carrot.
- The spices used in this recipe can vary from only cinnamon to a range of warm Autumn spices, such as clove, nutmeg, or allspice.
- The two sandwich buns are small cakes we bake on a baking tray, just like cookies. The whoopie batter is runny, just like the cake batter. We must chill it for an hour to make it firm enough to scoop on the cookie sheet.
- The size of these Carrot Whoopie Pies is up to you. They can be as large as a small pancake to the size of a macaron.
- Because the carrot cake and cream cheese frosting pair up well, we fill these with creamy and delicious Cream Cheese Frosting.
How To Make These Carrot Whoopie Pies
- Sift all the dry ingredients, including the spices, and set them aside.
- Beat the room-temperature butter until smooth.
- Add the sugars and beat well for another 5 minutes. The mixture should become light in color and fluffy.
- Next, mix the eggs and vanilla extract until the eggs are incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients and gently mix.
- In the end, fold the grated carrots and gently mix them.
- Cover the batter with cling wrap and chill for an hour.
- Scoop the batter on the lined baking tray and bake.
- Let the cakes cool down completely before frosting.
- Use a piping bag with a star tip (I use Wilton 1M) to pipe the frosting on one-half of the cakes. Place the other half on top of the frosting and gently press.
📖 Recipe
Carrot Whoopie Pie
Delicious, Pillowy, and flavorful Carrot Whoopie Pie filled with creamy cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
For The Cakes
- 2 cups All-purpose flour, Spooned and leveled
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ tablespoon Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Clove
- ½ teaspoon Ginger
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
- ½ cup Butter, Room temperature
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- ½ cup Brown sugar, Packed
- 2 Eggs, Room temperature
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- 1½ cups Carrots, Grated
For The Frosting
- 8 ounce Cream cheese, Room temperature
- ½ cup Butter
- 3 cups Powdered sugar, Sifted
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
How To Make The Cakes
- Sift all the dry ingredients, including the spices, and set them aside.2 cups All-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1 teaspoon Baking powder, ½ teaspoon Salt, ½ tablespoon Cinnamon, ½ teaspoon Clove, ½ teaspoon Ginger, ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
- Beat the room-temperature butter until smooth.½ cup Butter
- Add the sugars and beat well for another 5 minutes. The mixture should become light in color and fluffy.½ cup Granulated sugar, ½ cup Brown sugar
- Next, mix the eggs and vanilla extract until the eggs are incorporated.2 Eggs, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- Add the dry ingredients and gently mix.1½ cups Carrots
- In the end, fold in the grated carrots and gently mix them. Cover the batter with cling wrap and chill for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350℉, scoop the batter onto the lined baking tray, and bake for 15 minutes or until the top of the cake is dome-shaped and set. Let the cakes cool down completely before frosting.
How To Make The Frosting
- Beat the room-temperature cream cheese until soft and smooth.8 ounce Cream cheese
- Add the butter and beat the mixture for at least 7-8 minutes until the mixture is pale and fluffy.½ cup Butter
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Beat until just incorporated. Beating the frosting after adding sugar makes it runny.3 cups Powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Use a piping bag with a star tip to pipe the frosting on one half of the cakes. Place the second half on top of the frosting and gently press.
Nutrition
Calories: 4405kcalCarbohydrates: 812gProtein: 55gFat: 274gSaturated Fat: 166gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gMonounsaturated Fat: 71gTrans Fat: 7gCholesterol: 1044mgSodium: 5151mgPotassium: 1560mgFiber: 15gSugar: 228gVitamin A: 41282IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 799mgIron: 16mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Michelle L
Absolutely delicious, great balance between icing and cake part. Soft texture! Loved these.
Arezou Bahador
I am happy that you liked this recipe, Michelle!
Jessica
So yummy! Arezou's cakes and cookies made my day!
Thank you!
Arezou Bahador
Oh, that is great to know, Jessica!
Hayley
Tried this recipe as a fun spring activity with some friends and they turned out SO good. Super soft and tasty, and the carrot cake/cream cheese flavour combo is unmatched. Thank you so much for the recipe!!
Arezou Bahador
Thank you so much, Hayley. That is such a great idea to bake with friends. I am happy that you liked it.
Maria
These were surprisingly easy to make and they came out really soft and moist! The cake tastes great on its own, but the icing adds the perfect amount of sweetness—I will be making these again for sure! 🙂
Arezou Bahador
Maria, thank you so much for your feedback. I am happy to know that you like this recipe!