[Sca-cooks] Medieval German "whoopie pies"???

[Laura C. Minnick]

On 9/2/2011 5:22 AM, bronwynmgn at aol.com wrote:
> Got this from a shire member and figured I see if anyone here knew anything about it.  Seems awfully unlikely to me, but I don't know a lot about German cookery...
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> "Also I was reading my new whoopie pie book and in the fun fact section it says that "...the origins of the whoopie pie are in medieval Germany, where a cream-filled cake was baked". Does anyone know about said dessert? I am interested in trying it."
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> Brangwayna Morgan
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I don't know about any medieval origins, but I have several Mennonite 
cookbooks (I come from a long line of Mennonites, though I am 
Episcopalian) and they all have recipes for 'whoopie pies'- basically a 
sort of cookie, sandwiched with a creamy frosting. One of the recipes 
has you dipping it in melted chocolate. Just reading them makes my teeth 
hurt.

Liutgard, who notes that her ancestors are huge sugar freaks

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