Pao de Queijo and Whoopie Pies [Daring Bakers]



I kind of fell off the baking wagon over the past few months. I’d like to say that it’s because I switched to eating raw vegetables and fruits, and thanks to be pastry-free diet I’m 20 lbs lighter. But I’m as fat as I was before and my diet is nothing to be envious of.

I did come down with a terrible bout of food poisoning shortly after making–and eating–whoopie pies as part of December’s challenge, so that kind of put me off of baked goods for a few months. It took me about a month to throw away the container of leftover cream cheese frosting in the fridge; just looking at it made me gag for a long time.

(more…)