Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, boston cream pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. 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. How to Make the Ultimate Boston Cream Pie. All About Chocolate: Boston Cream Pie and Chocolate Sheet cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting.
Boston Cream Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Boston Cream Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have 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
- Prepare 2 1/3 cup cake flour
- Take 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare 12 tbsp butter, unsalted is best at room temperature
- Get 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- Get 3 large eggs
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 cup buttermilk
- Prepare PASTRY CREAM FILLING
- Get 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Get 2 tbsp flour
- Get 2 tbsp cornstarch
- Prepare 4 large egg yolks
- Take 1 1/3 cup whole milk
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- Prepare 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Get 8 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
- Get GARNISH
- Get 2 tbsp white chocolate shavings
Pastry Cream Filling: In a medium saucepan, heat the milk and vanilla bean to a boil over medium heat. 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. Boston Cream Pie is a classic dessert!
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.
Two layers of yellow cake are filled with pastry cream and topped off with a chocolate glaze. It is sure to be a favorite! Layers of soft cake filled with homemade custard and topped with chocolate ganache. Boston Cream Pie History: Cooks in New England and Pennsylvania Dutch regions were known for their cakes and pies and the dividing line between them was very thin. This recipe was similar to the Boston Cream Pie recipe of today.
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