Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, boston cream pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
A Boston cream pie is an American dessert consisting of a yellow butter cake filled with custard or cream and topped with chocolate glaze. This Boston Cream Pie is a classic cake - not a pie at all! It's a lovely vanilla cake layered with fresh pastry cream and chocolate ganache - all from scratch!
Boston Cream Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Boston Cream Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook boston cream pie using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Boston Cream Pie:
- Get CAKE
- Make ready 2 1/3 cup cake flour
- Take 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare 12 tbsp butter, unsalted is best at room temperature
- Make ready 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- Make ready 3 large eggs
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 cup buttermilk
- Take PASTRY CREAM FILLING
- Prepare 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Take 2 tbsp flour
- Take 2 tbsp cornstarch
- Make ready 4 large egg yolks
- Make ready 1 1/3 cup whole milk
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- Get 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Prepare 8 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
- Take GARNISH
- Prepare 2 tbsp white chocolate shavings
Two layers of yellow cake are filled with pastry cream and topped off with a chocolate glaze. It is sure to be a favorite! The dessert was first created and served at the grand opening of Boston's Parker House. This recipe was similar to the Boston Cream Pie recipe of today.
Instructions to make Boston Cream Pie:
- MAKE CAKE
- preheat oven to 350
- Grease and flour two 9 by 2 inch cake pans.
- Mix together, flour, baking powder, bakng soda and salt.
- Beat the butter until creamy, add sugar and beat 3 minutes until light and creamy, add eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternating with buttermilk on low spead do not overmix.
- Divide batter in cake pans, bake 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick comes ot clean.
- Cool 10 minutes on rack in pans.Run a small sharp knife around edges of pan and cool completely before filling.
- FOR FILLING
- In a large bowl combine sugar,flour, cornstarch and egg yolks,beat on high speed 2 minutes until thickened.
- Meanwhile in a saucepan heat milk to a simmer, gradually pour one third of hot milk into egg mixture whisking to combine,scrape the egg mixture into saucpan with remaing milk, whisking constantly scraping sides of pan to keep smooth.Cook over low to medium heat just until it begns to thicken and bubble, cook 60 seconds more. Remove from heat, add vanilla pour into bowl and cover surface with parchment paper to prevent a skin from forming Let cool then chill until cold. This can be made up to two days in advance.
- FOR CHOCOLATE LAZE
- Heat cream to a simmer, remove from heat add chocolate chips, let sit a minute then stir until smooth
- TO ASSEMBLE
- Spread cold pastry cream between layers of cooled cake. Pour lukewarm glaze over top having some drip down sides,sprinkle top with white chocolate shavings.
Boston cream pie is a simple delicious cake, usually a sponge cake or butter cake, filled with a thick layer of vanilla pastry cream and glazed with a shiny chocolate ganache. This Boston Cream Pie recipe features a simple vanilla cake filled with homemade pastry cream and topped with a chocolate ganache. Six years ago, I made my grandma a Boston cream pie for her. The original Boston Cream Pie was made with a butter sponge cake, thick homemade custard, and a chocolate fondant. Some versions of the Boston Cream Pie recipe have a rum glaze on the cake, as.
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