Whoopie Pies

This was a new cakey experiment... apparently the latest thing from the US in the cake baking world - although based on an old tradition.  I have to say that I didn't feel the love in their creation as much as with cupcakes, but that I did think they looked cute when finished, and they certainly went down well at work! I found it faffy piping the cake components, and then faffy making the marshmallow based filling, but other than that it was fine...  I don't think I'll be making them again in a hurry though!

Eggless apple cake

The recipe for this cake was eggless, and would have been dairy free, but instead of using coconut milk (which I didn't have) I used regular milk.  I also filled it with cream which is not specifically dairy free... the recipe book recommended some branded dairy free whip stuff which really didn't sound very nice at all.  The recipe for the cake made three layers in the tins that I had, but given the depth it would have looked out of proportion and been very difficult to cut.  The cake was very appley, nice and spicey and I had sprinkled some granulated brown sugar on the top which made it reminiscent of the country slices made by a certain Mr K which we used to have on train journeys when I was little.