Boston Cream Pie
This dessert isn't a pie at all; it consists of two layers of sponge cake with a custard filling. It was Boston's Parker House Hotel that crowned this "pie" with its now familiar chocolate topping. (In the more traditional version, powdered sugar is dusted on top.)
Yield: 10 servings
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 269
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 7.7g
- Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.5g
- Protein: 5.4g
- Carbohydrate: 45.2g
- Fiber: 0.1g
- Cholesterol: 48mg
- Iron: 1.7mg
- Sodium: 214mg
- Calcium: 124mg
Ingredients
- Vanilla Pastry Cream
- Cooking spray
- 2 teaspoons cake flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 1/2 tablespoons stick margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup skim milk
- 2 large egg whites
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- Chocolate Glaze
Preparation
- Prepare Vanilla Pastry Cream.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Coat bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Dust with 2 teaspoons flour; set aside.
- Beat 1/2 cup sugar and margarine in a medium bowl at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add vanilla and egg yolk, and beat well. Sift together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Beat egg whites at high speed of a mixer until foamy using clean dry beaters. Gradually add 3 tablespoons sugar, beating mixture until stiff peaks form. Gently stir one-fourth of egg white mixture into batter. Gently fold in remaining egg white mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
- Split cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife; place bottom layer, cut side up, on a serving plate. Spread Vanilla Pastry Cream evenly over bottom layer; top with remaining cake layer. Spread Chocolate Glaze evenly over top. Chill 1 hour or until glaze is set.
Boston Cream Pie Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Desserts, Pies/Pastries
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American, New England
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Chocolate
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Saturated Fat
- OCCASION: Father's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, New Year's, Valentine's Day
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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