Description
Classic Boston Cream Pie made with sponge cake, vanilla pastry cream, and chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 300 g (1 1/2 cups) granulated sugar
- 173 g (1 1/2 cups) cake flour, plus more for dusting
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
- 0.75 cup (180 ml) half-and-half
- 56 g (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 0.25 cup (50 g) granulated sugar (for syrup)
- 0.25 cup (60 ml) water
- 227 g (8 ounces) dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
- 0.25 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt (for ganache)
- 14 g (1 tablespoon) unsalted butter (for ganache)
- 1 recipe vanilla pastry cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment paper.
- Whisk together cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Heat the half-and-half and butter gently until warm, then set aside.
- Whip eggs and granulated sugar on high speed for 5–7 minutes until pale, thick, and at ribbon stage.
- Slowly mix in the warm half-and-half mixture.
- Gently fold in the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Divide batter evenly between pans and bake for 17–20 minutes, until lightly golden and springy.
- Cool cakes completely on wire racks.
- Prepare syrup by heating sugar and water until dissolved. Brush over cooled cake layers.
- Make ganache by melting chocolate, cream, corn syrup, and salt over a double boiler. Stir in butter until smooth.
- Spread vanilla pastry cream over one cake layer, top with second layer.
- Pour ganache over the cake, allowing it to drip down the sides.
Notes
- This dessert is best served chilled.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 14 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg