Boston Cream Pie

Name: Boston Cream Pie
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 296 milliliters cake flour; 59 milliliters cornstarch; 2 larges eggs plus 4 egg yolks; 4 larges eggs, at room temperature; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 113 grams semisweet chocolate, finely chopped; 118 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters sugar; 10 servings Unsalted butter, for the pan; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters vegetable oil; 118 milliliters whole milk; 355 milliliters whole milk

Boston Cream Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 462 calories, 7g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe serves 10. 11 person have tried and liked this recipe. If you have vegetable oil, vanillan extract, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch-round cake pan. Fold a sheet of parchment paper into a square, then fold it in half into a triangle. Fold the triangle in half.

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Butter

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Baking Paper

Cake Form

Oven

Put the tip of the triangle in the center of the pan; trim the parchment, following the curve of the pan. Unfold the parchment circle and line the pan.

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Frying Pan

Make the cake: Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Beat the eggs and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment on high speed until pale and tripled in volume, about 15 minutes. Gently fold in the flour mixture in two additions using a rubber spatula, scraping down the bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Stand Mixer

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the milk, vegetable oil and vanilla and beat with the mixer until combined.

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Vegetable Oil

Vanilla

Milk

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Blender

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Frying Pan

Transfer the pan to a rack and let cool 10 minutes, then invert the cake onto the rack. Invert again and cool completely.

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Frying Pan

Heat the milk and vanilla in a medium saucepan over medium heat (do not boil).

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Vanilla

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Whisk the whole eggs, egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

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Egg

Egg Yolk

Sugar

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the cornstarch and salt and whisk vigorously until no lumps remain.

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Corn Starch

Salt

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Whisk

Whisk about 1/4 cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture, then gradually whisk in the remaining hot milk mixture.

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Milk

Egg

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Whisk

Pour the egg-milk mixture into the saucepan and cook over low heat, whisking constantly, until thick and pudding-like, 10 to 15 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, using a rubber spatula to push the pudding through.

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Milk

Egg

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Spatula

Sieve

Bowl

Let cool slightly, stirring occasionally. Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the pudding and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Stick toothpicks around the side of the cake as a guide for cutting two even layers, then slice the cake in half horizontally with a long serrated knife.

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Serrated Knife

Toothpicks

Place the bottom half of the cake cut-side up on a platter. Top with the pudding, spreading it to about 1/4 inch from the edge. Carefully place the other cake half on top, cut-side down, pressing gently.

Heat the chocolate, cream, vanilla and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring, until melted and smooth, about 2 minutes.

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Chocolate