Boston Cream Pie

Until about two weeks ago, I had thought that the only type of Boston Cream Pie was a doughnut.  I never realized that it is actually a classic type of cake!  So I set out to make my own version of a Boston Cream Pie!  Mind you, I've never had a Boston Cream Pie or a Boston Cream Pie doughnut before (I don't know how I've been alive for all these years and have never tasted a Boston Cream Pie!)).  

Anyways, after reading about Boston Cream Pies and looking at lots of pictures I decided that there's no reason why I couldn't make one?  They appear to be easy cakes with 3 main parts: vanilla cake, filling, and chocolate ganache.  

I didn't realize how challenging this simple cake can be!   My biggest problem was that the filling I tried to make turned out too thin (it tasted wonderful but just wasn't firm enough) and spilled out over the edges of the bottom layer of my cake.   I was disappointed by the messy appearance of the cake but I decided to finish it because I was so close and I had the ganache already made up.   After I was finished, I coved the cake and put it in the fridge overnight.

  The next day I brought it to my art class thinking that it was a completely failure--I thought that the cake was going to be all mushy and gross inside.  I was wrong however!  Although the cake's messy appearance hadn't changed, the filling that was still inside remained inside the cake and didn't make the cake mushy at all.  The cake held together very nicely and although the pudding was, well, pudding, the cake sliced perfectly.  I enjoyed the simplicity of this cake, it was very tasty and I can understand why it is such a popular dessert.   I will attempt another Boston Cream Pie in the future, hopefully my next one will have a better apperance!

Boston Cream Pie 

Made Nov. 6th, 2012

Do you know why a Boston Cream Pie is called a pie?  After reading about Boston Cream Pie in The Joy of Cooking I found out that the cake was traditional baked in pie dishes, so that's how it got its name.