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Boston Cream Pie {Easy Cake Recipe}

November 11, 2016 By admin 2 comments

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Boston Cream Pie just happens to be my oldest sons favorite and this week was the perfect week to make it!

Boston Cream Pie is not actually a pie. Rather,it is a cake! 2 layers of fluffy white cake with smooth, creamy vanilla custard filling and glazed in a silky chocolate ganache. Sound difficult to make? Not at all! I can hardly call this a recipe!

Boston Cream Pie

I have had many variations of this cake over the years and I always come back to this one. For one- I almost always have the ingredients on hand. In addition, this is an incredibly easy recipe.

Boston Cream Pie

You can make your own white cake from scratch- but why? I use Duncan Hines white cake and I add a tsp of vanilla to the batter. I just like the flair it gives. Next, you could make a french pastry cream. But I don’t because I don’t know how to make a good pastry cream! I combine 1 box of instant vanilla pudding with 1 cup of cold whole milk. Lastly, you could top with melted hot fudge or chocolate chips. But in the time it takes to melt the chocolate you can make a simple ganache.  I just whisk in 1 cup of hot heavy cream with a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips until smooth and glossy.

Don’t have heavy cream? Make this recipe for ganache that doesn’t use cream!

Boston Cream Pie

Now for this super easy Boston Cream Pie recipe!

Boston Cream Pie
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Ingredients

  • 1 box of Duncan Hines white cake mix- plus ingredients you need for the cake
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 4 oz box of instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 C whole milk
  • 1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 C heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Prepare white cake according to instructions on box.
  2. Stir in vanilla.
  3. Add to 2 prepared 9″ pans.
  4. Refer to box for baking time.
  5. Bake until toothpick comes out clean.
  6. Allow layers to cool.
  7. Meanwhile, combine pudding and milk in a small bowl until smooth.
  8. Place in refrigerator.
  9. Place 1 layer of cake on serving plate.
  10. Smooth top surface with pudding.
  11. Place on top layer.
  12. Warm the cream to just slightly boiling.
  13. Pour over chocolate chips in a glass bowl and whisk until smooth and glossy.
  14. Allow to cool just a bit, maybe 2 minutes.
  15. Pour over the top of the cake slowly.
  16. You may not want to use it all.
  17. I like mine to only have glaze on top.
  18. You may want it all over, that is up to you.
  19. Best served chilled.
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Have YOU ever had Boston Cream Pie? I wonder why it is called a pie?

Boston Cream Pie

That is ONE messy yet tasty slice!

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2 responses to “Boston Cream Pie {Easy Cake Recipe}”

  1. Lynn Moll says:
    March 10, 2020 at 11:47 am
    What size bag of chocolate chips do you use for this recipe?
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  2. Norm’s mom says:
    May 1, 2020 at 12:13 am
    It’s too much cake, actually but the recipe is great and easy...i would bake one round cake pan with 2/3 of the cake mixture and then cut it i half horizontally before i added the pudding and topped with the chocolate glaze...
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