Posted on 01/27/2021 11:48:03 AM PST by mylife
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Another tradition in the region was forced to cancel this year because of the pandemic, but a local business in Johnstown is finding a way to keep the annual Gob Fest alive.
Custom Cakes and Cookies on Bedford Street in Johnstown began their own in-store gob fest, as a way for locals to still honor the sweet treat.
“Everybody just loves gobs. I mean ever since I grew up, you hear gobs, gobs, gobs, everybody wants gobs. So, it’s just the Johnstown traditional thing, everybody loves gobs,” said Custom Cakes and Cookies baker, Sandy Fulton.
During the annual gob fest at The Galleria in Johnstown, thousands of gobs would sell out in a matter of minutes. Owner of Custom Cakes and Cookies, Toni Illuzzi says the single day would be their main income for the month of January.
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I grew up in Johnstown and might have to return for this. I miss gobs 🤤
At Custom Cakes and Cookies, they’re known for experimenting with different flavors and even putting alcohol in their gobs.
“I love it. I love coming up with different flavors. I love doing the alcohol ones. Anything that somebody comes up with, I try it. The alcohol ones are the favorites, everyone just loves the alcohols,” said Fulton.
For those outside of Western PA, gobs may be referred to as whoopie pies. But the gob got its claim to fame in Johnstown, making it nostalgic for many.
“We all grew up on gobs. And it’s just, we have the old fashioned, with the cooked icing. If you grew up in Johnstown, you know,” said Illuzi. “It’s just a sense of home and it makes you go back to the years when things were a little simpler,” she added.
I grew up in NE Ohio and have never heard of this.
I’m still unclear on just what a gob actually is.
Like a whoopie pie
Do they put the alcohol in the cake or in the filling?
Dunno
Oh My Goodness I LOVE WHOOPIE PIES! I had one from a food truck at Beringer winery, Fredericksburg, Texas and I am ADDICTED!!!!!!! So good. I like the chocolate ones with whipped cream inside. You just cannot improve on perfection like that! YUM!
Could be true or urban legend...
Why do they call it a whoopie pie?
Some say Amish wives invented the whoopie pie from remnants of cake batter and frosting. According to the story, the name originated from the Amish men who, when they found these treats in their lunch boxes, would exclaim, “Whoopie!”
Fredericksburg, Texas? Huh, well I guess it has German roots.
Friend brought some Gobs to work when I worked in King of Prussia.
Fun but, I don’t eat sweets or bread very often.
Damn, now I remember Amish Apple Pie. So Good!
Imagine a rich, soft, sweet chocolate bun, a bit denser than chocolate cake.
Cut that in half and fill it with creamy, fluffy (but not marshmallow) icing/cream.
That’s a gob. And it’s really good.
I am guessing it the filling.
Now, it’s all your fault that I feel I simply must make these gobs, which I had never heard of until your post. :)
Bake away pal :)
Okay.
(BTW, I am a woman. I know, dumb screen name, then. I guess I didn’t think it through.)
I think her right I would put the hooch in the filling.
I grew up in Titusville. Pa and never heard of globs.
that’s because they are talking about gobs (not globs)
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