Whoopie Pies, The New Cupcake?
| May 18, 2010 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
Let me tell you I’m a fan. For about five months now we have been making Red Velvet style whoopie pies at Zola Wine and Kitchen. They have been very well received and we also expanded our reach into our other restaurants.
The classic whoopie is two chocolate cake/cookie discs that are filled with a marshmallow fluff filling. I must admit I have eaten more of these sweet treats than I should have but it is the equivalent of an ice cream sandwich that doesn’t melt.
Red Velvet Whoopie Pie at Zola Wine & Kitchen
What we are doing here is introducing many different flavors similar to that of the cupcake world. You have already heard about our inaugural pie, the Red Velvet. Since then, however, we have introduced four additional flavors. We stocked Spy City Café first with three varieties. The first being a fairly straightforward Lemon Pie, this has a vanilla cake that is riddled with fresh lemon and filled with a lemon flavored fluff then garnished with candied lemon. After that came the PB&J, this one is really, really, really good. Imagine that classic childhood lunch morphed into dessert. We use chocolate cakes for this one. They’re filled with a ring of peanut butter fluff and grape jelly then topped with a toasted peanut. And finally the Carnival, this one is a kids’ dream. Vanilla cake baked with jimmies then stuffed with a chocolate chip fluff and finished with a gum ball. Yes, it may be bordering on sugar overload but it’s worth it for the texture alone.
Carnival, Lemon, and PB&J Whoopie Pies at Spy City Cafe
That rounds out the Café and now we move onto Potenza, currently we have only one but it is so fitting, Tiramisu. Destined to be a true whoopie classic, coffee infused cakes doused with a marsala and rum syrup then filled with mascarpone fluff and topped with a chocolate covered espresso bean. This is just the beginning and the possibilities are endless. We currently have a few adult versions in development from the Mojito, Irish coffee and even a Side Car. Stay tuned for more exciting flavors!
