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Boston Cream Pie – the classic sponge cake with a vanilla pudding and topped with chocolate. Light, airy and delicious
What a whirlwind the last few days have been. Miami was HOT! It was so much fun to finally meet so many of the bloggers I have followed for a long time. I will give you a fun recap of my trip on Thursday. In the meantime, I might just sleep until then. I had to get up at 3:30 am for my flight to Miami, and from then on it was downhill in the sleep department. I really do not know how people travel for work all the time, and only sleep a few hours a night. I just can not function that way.
To start the week off, let’s eat some sugar. I have always wanted to make a Boston Cream Pie. There is just something about the pastry filling, and the chocolate ganache that sucks me in. I do not often make layer cakes of any kind, in fact I do not think there is one even on this blog. So this was kind of necessary. My family went nuts for this dessert. My husband was happy I made something that wasn’t only chocolate, and my 9 year old just loved it.
Boston Cream Pie is a light sponge cake that has a layer of pastry cream in the center, and then is topped with a smooth chocolate ganache. I used the same pastry cream recipe I use in my eclair recipe (coming soon). My husband is the connoisseur of all things vanilla and creamy, and he raves about it. He will eat it straight from the bowl with a spoon if there are any leftovers. So I figure why mess with it. The only problem with this recipe is the waiting. The cake and the filling need time to chill and firm up before you assemble. If we could find a way to omit that step, and just start eating right away it would be perfect 🙂
Boston Cream Pie
Ingredients
Cake
- ½ cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Custard Filling
- 3.4 oz instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 ½ cups cold milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate Glaze
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 4 oz good quality chocolate
- 1 Tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generally grease 2 9-inch cake pans.
- In an electric mixer bowl combine butter and sugar, beat until well combined. Add vanilla, stirring to combine. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, until light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Alternate adding milk and flour mixture into batter until everything is incorporated.
- Pour into the 2 prepared pans. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until a tester comes out clean. Remove from oven, and let sit for 5 minutes before removing from the pan, to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling. In a large bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk together for 2 minutes.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the whisk attachment, beat heavy cream until stiff peaks. Mix in sugar and vanilla. Fold the whipped cream and the pudding together. Store in the fridge for 1 hour until cake is fully cool.
- Prepare the glaze right before you are ready to assemble the cake. Heat heavy cream until warm, but not boiling. Add chocolate, and stir until well combined. Add butter and mix until melted.
- To assemble, place on cake on a large plate. Spoon filling over the cake (you may not use all of it). Gently place the other cake over the filling. Pour chocolate glaze over the top of the cake. Chill until ready to serve.
- Store in the fridge, covered for up to 3 days.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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It was great to see you again in Miami.
Such a fun weekend! Hope you see you again soon!
Mmm this looks perfect!
Fun weekend, but yikes the lack of sleep does make a difference! I can do it for one day, maybe two, but by the 3rd day I better have the sleep. But your solution to have sugar was the correct solution—Lol. This looks luscious.
Omg. *cries* I waaaaaant this.
Glad you had a good weekend! Was hoping the weather would clear up for you guys. Can’t wait to hear all about it.
Oh this is one of the cakes I would like to try 🙂 I have never tried having it or making it, but it looks so good and tempting!
I love this. I have always wanted to make a Boston Cream Pie but never have…. I think I’m going to have to change that soon!