Boston Cream Pie

Yellow cake filled with custard and topped with chocolate icing--yummy!

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 318 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• ¾ cup milk
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• ⅓ cup white sugar
• ⅓ cup shortening
• ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons hot water, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove from the pan and let cool on a wire rack.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.

Step 3

Make the cake: Beat flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, shortening, egg, and vanilla at low speed, scraping bowl constantly for 30 seconds. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally for 3 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 4

Meanwhile, make the cream filling: In a 2 quart saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in milk gradually and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir at least 1/2 of the mixture slowly into the egg yolks. Return egg yolk mixture to the saucepan and boil and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the 2 teaspoons vanilla. Let cool to room temperature.

Step 5

Make the chocolate glaze: Heat the chocolate and butter over low heat until melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the confectioners' sugar, and vanilla. Stir in the water, one teaspoon at a time, until glaze is of desired consistency.

Step 6

Assemble the cake: Split the cooled cake in half to make 2 thin layers. Fill the layers with the filling. Then spread the chocolate glaze over the top. Refrigerate any leftover cake.