Whoopie Anyone?

Whoopie...what a complicated and at the same time exciting word! At HTG, we LOVE making whoopie...and believe ours is the best in town! I, as proprietor and baker, have never been known to pass up whoopie...until last night (unless, of course, it's not vegan)! I had, what we will diagnose here, as a brief spout of baker's remorse. What did I get myself into? This is too much...day job then home to bake - for 6+ hours until AT LEAST midnight, then back at it with that son-of-a-bitch Dunkin Donuts guy again calling in my sleep...'time to make the donuts', 'time to make the donuts', 'time to make the donuts'....until I feel like clobbering him with donut holes and finally decide to roll out of bed at the bewitching hour of 4am. What did I get myself into??? Yes, this is my dream...and I knew it wouldn't be easy...but this is overwhelming! So, last night after baking 6 batches of cookies, 144 cupcakes and 72 muffins AFTER a super stressful day of work, I was exhausted. Not only due to baker's remorse but a sore back because I didn't have time to go to the gym and stretch. So, at midnight while muffins were baking, I did yoga...which made me feel better as each vertebrae crack sounded like a mini bomb exploded in my body.

So on to whoopie...all evening I was thinking 'how am I going to have time to make whoopie pies'? I still have to frost 600 cupcakes and package them Friday evening'???? So, I concluded (after one glass of wine) that I was not going to make whoopie. WHAT?!?!? NOT MAKE WHOOPIE???? What the hell has gotten into me? My whoopie is the best around - how can I deny people this great confection? I decided to go to bed mad at myself but coming up with the idea of having a whole day of whoopie at David's before Christmas, so it's ok. After a restorative 4-hour sleep and that SOB waking me up, my confidence in and desire for whoopie has returned. And here, at 6:18 a.m. four batches of the taste-bud delight are cooling and awaiting their thick, creamy, sweet filling.

What has whoopie taught me you may ask? Not to give up...I have to push myself through this and make Saturday a success! I have 8 years of planning, hard work, baking, and dreams backing me. Not to mention the huge carbon footprint I'm managed to rack up with all of this baking - I can't fold now!

So, until tomorrow...bake away and make whoopie...at all costs!!!

We pay homage to you great whoopie!