I had it for 12 hours...

My old friends Ariel and Ryan sent me this beautiful book for a housewarming present.
How sweet are they???
 

Back in my hometown whoopie pies are a staple, and my mom would send them to me, so the three of us (and often more) would sit there eating whoopie pies for days...if they made it that long. Sadly, the place that made the best in town burned down (so tragic!), and no more whoopie pies! So receiving this book had way more anticipation built into it.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I do love to bake. This book called for the use of a stand-up mixer, and the idea has been taunting me for a while, because it would be so nice to multitask and cook (often my greatest issue with cooking is it takes too long being a single/homeowner/teacher)...so I got some extra money from working over the summer and I did it!  

Lovely!!! Wanna see it again?
 

And here's how awesome it looked on my counter:
 

First, I needed to make the whoopie pies themselves - the cake part. I opted to make pumpkin to get into the spirit of autumn...  

I ADORE the color of pumpkin...
 

Ingredients:
 

And whoooopiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee!!!
 

 

I even found a pumpkin silicone "tin" :) oh joy that is mine
 

Now I need to learn how to make them more even and thinner...

Sadly (but actually quite divine), the KitchenAid starting making a loud high pitched sound, and after some time was followed by a loud grinding, metal-on-metal sound - not good. So I took it back to Bed, Bath, and Beyond for a full refund! I was feeling rather impulsive in buying it, so I'm glad I got to use it...and glad I got to take it back :)