Boston Cream Pie

Tags: #dessert #american #cake #custard #chocolate Serving: 10 slices Total time: 3 hours

Massachusetts' official dessert - a sponge cake filled with pastry cream and topped with chocolate glaze.

Ingredients

• 150g all-purpose flour
• 150g sugar
• 5g baking powder
• 2g salt
• 2 large eggs
• 120ml milk
• 60g butter, melted
• 5ml vanilla extract
• 500ml milk for custard
• 6 egg yolks
• 100g sugar
• 45g cornstarch
• 10ml vanilla extract
• 30g butter
• 200g dark chocolate, chopped
• 200ml heavy cream

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Grease two 20cm round pans
3. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt
4. Beat eggs, milk, melted butter, and vanilla
5. Combine wet and dry ingredients
6. Divide between pans and bake 25 minutes
7. Cool completely
8. Make custard by heating milk in saucepan
9. Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch
10. Slowly add hot milk to egg mixture
11. Return to heat and cook until thickened
12. Stir in vanilla and butter
13. Cool custard completely
14. Place one cake layer on serving plate
15. Spread custard over layer
16. Top with second layer
17. Heat cream and pour over chocolate for glaze
18. Pour glaze over cake

Notes

This iconic dessert actually originated as a cake, not a pie. The key is ensuring the pastry cream is completely cool before assembling to prevent melting.