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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!
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.
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!
Now for this super easy Boston Cream Pie recipe!
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
- Prepare white cake according to instructions on box.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Add to 2 prepared 9″ pans.
- Refer to box for baking time.
- Bake until toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow layers to cool.
- Meanwhile, combine pudding and milk in a small bowl until smooth.
- Place in refrigerator.
- Place 1 layer of cake on serving plate.
- Smooth top surface with pudding.
- Place on top layer.
- Warm the cream to just slightly boiling.
- Pour over chocolate chips in a glass bowl and whisk until smooth and glossy.
- Allow to cool just a bit, maybe 2 minutes.
- Pour over the top of the cake slowly.
- You may not want to use it all.
- I like mine to only have glaze on top.
- You may want it all over, that is up to you.
- Best served chilled.
Have YOU ever had Boston Cream Pie? I wonder why it is called a pie?
That is ONE messy yet tasty slice!
