Boston Cream Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
-
Cake
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
- 1 cup flour
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Filling
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Topping
- 1 lb cream cheese
- 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F Butter and flour 2 9" cake pans.
- Beat eggs and sugar together in top of a double boiler until light and fluffy. Transfer to bowl of stand mixer; beat at medium until cool. Add lemon zest, vanilla and butter. Add flour 1/3 cup at a time, beating until well mixed. Pour into prepared pans and bake 40 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, heat milk in a saucepan. In a bowl, beat sugar, egg yolks, flour and cornstarch. Add hot milk a few spoonfuls at a time, beating constantly, until about 1/3 of it has been added, after which the contents of the bowl can be added to the saucepan with the vanilla. Cook over medium-low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cold.
- Trim cake layers so they are level. Pour filling on bottom layer, and position top layer over the filling.
- Chop chocolate coarsely and place in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave chocolate at 50% (medium) in 30 second increments, stirring after each, until fully melted. Beat cream cheese in mixer at medium speed until soft; reduce speed to low and add confectioner's sugar and chocolate. Beat until smooth, glossy and fully mixed. Spread topping over the top of the cake - do not frost sides. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!