Boston Cream Pie

Name: Boston Cream Pie
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 250g plain flour; 200g caster sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 3 eggs; 200ml buttermilk; 80g butter, melted; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 500ml whole milk for pastry cream; 4 egg yolks; 80g sugar for pastry cream; 3 tbsp cornflour; 200g dark chocolate; 200ml double cream for ganache

Two layers of yellow cake filled with pastry cream and covered in chocolate ganache — a Massachusetts classic.

Total time

90 min

Prep

60 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

250gplain flour

200gcaster sugar

2 tspbaking powder

1 tspsalt

3eggs

200mlbuttermilk

80gbutter, melted

1 tspvanilla extract

500mlwhole milk for pastry cream

4egg yolks

80gsugar for pastry cream

3 tbspcornflour

200gdark chocolate

200mldouble cream for ganache

Instructions

Make cakes: mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, add eggs, buttermilk, butter and vanilla.

Bake in two 20cm tins at 175C for 25 minutes. Cool completely.

Make pastry cream: heat milk, whisk yolks with sugar and cornflour.

Pour hot milk over egg mixture, return to heat and stir until thick.

Cool with cling film pressed on surface.

Make ganache: heat cream, pour over chopped chocolate, stir until smooth.

Fill cake layers with pastry cream.

Pour ganache over the top and let it drip down the sides.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1022

Protein

19.6g

Fat

46.7g

Carbs

130.8g

Fiber

7.2g

Sodium

841mg

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