Whoopie Pie

The whoopie pie (also called Gob ) is an American soft Doppelkeks, which is filled with a mixture of marshmallow cream, butter and sugar and is usually manufactured industrially. He is known since the 1920s. Popular is the whoopie pie, especially in New England and Pennsylvania, where it is partially sold at street stalls.

There are whoopie pies in various flavors, most often with chocolate. Whoopies are also larger than cake ( Cakes ) and small biscuits (cookies) baked. Whoopie is in the United States an exclamation of surprise or excitement.

History

The origin of the Whoopie Pies is unclear. Often it is argued, it states that it is an invention of the German -born Amish, a group of so-called Pennsylvania Dutch. The filled pies were first baked in the home. This can not be proven, however. The name Whoopie Pie is not required prior to the 1920s. There is also no German pastries that could serve as a model.

The first recipe for a marshmallow cream appeared in 1896 in the Boston School Cookbook by Fannie Farmer as a pie filling, similar to use as butter cream, and it also contains a recipe for Marshmallow Cake that has nothing to do with the filled Whoopie Pie. For the filling " Marshmallow Fluff " is commonly used, a commercial product that has a lighter consistency came on the market as butter cream and only around 1920.

Cultural historians think it likely that a commercial product were whoopie pies from the beginning, which was initially only later made ​​by bakeries and even in private homes. At the time of the Great Depression in the United States, there was the pastry in several U.S. states under this name, although there were at that time no recipes in cookbooks that. An origin in Pennsylvania is not more likely than in New England; the Whoopie Pies also have a certain similarity with the Boston Cream Pie.

In January 2011, broke out between the states of Maine and Pennsylvania from a " Whoopie War" after the Senate of Maine, a bill was submitted, after which the whoopie pie should be declared the official pastry of the state. In contrast, many citizens of Pennsylvania defend a petition to the Senate and the Governor of Maine, with Facebook groups and other actions. On 18 March 2012, the Parliament of the State of Maine ruled that the Whoopie Pie the official State Treat ( State tidbits ) and the blueberry pie should be declared the official state dessert. The law came only 90 days after the end of its term in power, as the Governor Paul LePage for more important matters, refused to sign the law.