Time for making whoopie

IT’S JUST possible that whoopie pies may be the next cupcake — ‘homey’ to look at, totally scrumptious to eat but mercifully less luscious icing than a cupcake.

So what are they?

Well let’s ask the experts. According to Claire Ptak of Violet Cakes in East London, who has just written a book on the subject: “A whoopie is not a cookie, it’s not a typical cake, and it’s definitely not a pie.