NP is too cool for a regular birthday cake so he got a platter of homemade whoopie pies - with candles of course! Please join me in wishing one of the most talented, kind, and interesting men I know a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Norbert Putnam has opened the show for the Beatles, produced Margaritaville for Buffett, and recorded in the studio with Elvis and many more. His discography is a plethora of hits by some of the best. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NP. I love you dear friend.
Whoopie Pies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup well-shaken buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 extra large egg
Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a bowl until combined. Stir together buttermilk and vanilla in a small bowl.
Beat together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer or 5 minutes with a handheld, then add egg, beating until combined well. Reduce speed to low and alternately mix in flour mixture and buttermilk in batches, beginning and ending with flour, scraping down side of bowl occasionally, and mixing until smooth.
Spoon 1/4-cup mounds of batter about 2 inches apart onto 2 buttered large baking sheets. Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until tops are puffed and cakes spring back when touched, 11 to 13 minutes. Transfer with a metal spatula to a rack to cool completely.
Filling
1 stick butter, softened
1-1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 cups marshmallow cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat together butter, confectioners’ sugar, marshmallow, and vanilla in a bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Spread a rounded tablespoon filling on flat sides of half of cakes and top with remaining cakes.
Norbert's party is one of the features in my upcoming book, A Tennessee Waltz, due out Fall 2012.
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