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Home » Course » Dessert » Cake

Boston Cream Pie - for Father's Day

By: Kita · Published Jun 16, 2013 · Updated: Jan 4, 2019 · This post may contain affiliate links

Boston Cream Pie | Kita Roberts PassTheSushi.com

Today is all about Dad. The man of the house, the king of the castle, and speaking as my daddy's little girl - the most awesome, selfless, coolest, tougher than nails, genuine, always make you smile, give you the shirt off his back, truest person that I will never know. I am blessed to have an amazing father and a great relationship with him. We are best friends, and I can't imagine it being any other way. He's where I get my stubborn streak (ask Handsome, he is the one who points this out to me all. of. the. time.) my sense of humor, my mad people skills, and my food pushing. 😉 Dad can make you belly laugh once a day - any day - and twice on Sundays. Seriously, you should all come to a barbecue at our house some day. You'd love him.

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As for others, the opportunity to love their father's lives on through their memories. That's why a bunch of us bloggers have teamed up to celebrate dad and raise some awareness. So as I'm sitting outside grilling with my Papa Smurf tonight, I will be enjoying our time together, and thinking of many others and hoping you are enjoying your time too.

Today's event is being hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen of Juanita's Cocina. They teamed up with their blogger friends to help raise awareness and support for Cancer and Hospice today in memory of Kim's dad. We encourage everyone to read the posts and share their own experiences with cancer. We also would like to encourage everyone to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society and also to the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. Hospice was a key element during Kim's father's battle with cancer. They made it possible for Kim to care for him at home. So please show your support and donate if you can. You can also contact your local Hospice and donate directly to them if you wish. A little goes a long way!  #recipesfromtheheart

Boston Cream Pie | Kita Roberts PassTheSushi.com

Boston Cream PieBoston Cream Pie | Kita Roberts PassTheSushi.com

From: Pie it Forward

 

No really. It's a pie. With a cake inside. With pastry cream. And chocolate ganache. Oh snap.

Ingredients:

For the pie crust:

  • ½ batch simple tart dough 

For the Cake:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teas vanilla extract

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teas salt
  • 1 teas baking powder
  • ½ cup buttermilk

For the Cream Filling:

  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 tbs cornstarch
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 teas vanilla bean paste
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream

For the Glaze:

  • 2 tbs unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tbs corn syrup
  • pinch of salt
  • 8 oz bittersweet chocolate

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9" pie plate with the dough (don't worry about making this one pretty. I removed all the extra crust before serving the pie anyway. I would say even try a deep tart pan) and freeze it for 20 minutes. Line the crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights. Bake for 15 minutes; Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until combined, scraping down the sides as needed.

In another bowl, whisk the flour, salt, and and baking powder. Add the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, to the sugar in three additions. Mix until just combined.

Pour the batter into the pie crust and bake for 1 hour, until cake springs back and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let cool completely.

Meanwhile, make the cream filling. In your clean mixing bowl, whisk the sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, and vanilla with the whisk attachment until fluffy.

In a heavy bottomed saucepan, simmer the milk and cream until the edges just start to bubble. With the mixer running on low, pour the milk in slowly. Increase the speed to high. Stop and scrape down the bottom. Mix again on high until smooth. (This only takes a few seconds).

Transfer back into the saucepan over medium heat. Whisk constantly and cook until thickened and is the consistency of mayo. Place plastic wrap directly on cream and cover. Place in fridge until cool. (I just set the pot on a trivet in the fridge).

When the cream is cool, make the glaze.

In a saucepan, combine the butter, cream, and corn syrup over medium low heat until it just begins to simmer and butter is melted. Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Do not stir. Let sit for 5 minutes. Walk away, check facebook, look at kitten pictures. Let the chocolate do it's thing. After it has set for 5 minutes, whisk until smooth and shiny. Let sit again for 5 minutes while you ready the cake.

Spoon the cream over the top of the cake and smooth. Pour the glaze over the cream and smooth with an offset spatula. I let it run over the sides, cuz who doesn't love extra chocolate. Let set and serve.

Boston Cream Pie | Kita Roberts PassTheSushi.com

Enter for your chance to Win an Artisan® Series KitchenAid®  Stand Mixer in the color of your choice (there are 26 to choose from) as well as an Ice Cream Maker Attachment. A sweet choice for all,  this creative attachment features the largest ice cream bowl capacity in the industry. Prepare 2 quarts of ice cream, sorbet, gelato or other frozen desserts. We're pleased to announce the giveaway is open to Canadian residents, as well as U.S. Residents. Winner will be chosen and announced during the pinchatlive event, described below. Winner will also be notified via email and has 48 hours to respond. If winner does not respond another winner will be chosen. 1 Stand Mixer and 1 Ice Cream Attachment are being given away as a group, not 1 per blog just to be clear for our readers. 
 
There are bonus prizes for the pinchatlive event. We are giving away 1 Vanilla Infused Gift Box Set, 1 Lemon Infused Gift Box Set and a $30 Amazon Gift Card.  In order to participate in this event follow the Pinterest Board #recipesfromtheheart. Hop on the Pinterest board on June 22 at 2 pm Est to follow along. We'll ask questions and those who comment are entered to win the bonus prizes. There will be a G+ Hangout on Air during the event as well. Winners of the pinchatlive event must be Canadian or U.S. residents.
Visit Facebook.com/KitchenAidCanada and click on the “More than a Mixer” tab to explore all 12 attachments available for the KitchenAid® Stand Mixer.

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We are giving away 1 Artisan Series KitchenAid Stand Mixer and 1 Ice Cream Attachment to 1 lucky reader. The winner will get to choose from 12 colours so they can match their own kitchen. Giveaway is open to Canadian and U.S. residents ONLY! Winner will be drawn on June 22 at 12 a.m. (Est) and will be announced live during the pinchatlive event. They will also be notified by email. Winner has 48 hours to respond before a new winner will be chosen. Bonus prizes of 1 Vanilla Infused Gift Box Set, 1 Lemon Infused Gift Box Set and a $30 Amazon Gift Card will be drawn randomly during the pinchatlive. Winner needs to respond during the event to win. Bonus pinchatlive giveaway is open to Canadian and U.S. residents only.

Please check out all the other awesome blogs participating in #recipesfromtheheart

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Home-made Strawberry Topping by Cravings of a Lunatic

Chili Verde by Juanita's Cocina

S'Mores Brownies in Jars by That Skinny Chick Can Bake

Dark Chocolate and Orange Muffins by The Dutch Baker's Daughter

My Fathers Day Recipe Round Up by Curry and Comfort

Tropical Smoothie by Dinners, Dishes and Desserts

Mini Gugelhupf by Masala Herb

Sauteed Strawberry and Sugarsnap Salad by Cook The Story

Cranberry Cashew Breakfast Muffins by In Fine Balance

Arugula Salad with Sundried Tomatoes and Mushrooms by Crazy Foodie Stunts

Spicy Beef Sliders by Katie's Cucina

Thai Red Curry Soup by Damn Delicious

Suman (Sweet Rice and Banana Leaves) by Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Fresh Vegetable Salad by White Lights on Wednesday

Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Sundae by The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen

Cinnamon Chip Cookie Butter Bars by The Messy Baker

Berry/Cherry Fro-Yo Ice Cream by Cookistry

Honey Beer Bread by Hungry Couple

Cinnamon-Chocolate Chip Pancakes by The Spiffy Cookie

Chocolate Cherry Granola Bars by Sweet Remedy

Cookies and Cream Brownies by Cooking in Stilettos

Blueberry Lemon Cake by Roxana's Home Baking

Angel Cake by Ninja Baking

Knit (or crocheted) Grey Brain Cancer Mustache Pin by Knit, Purl, Damn!

We are hosting a pinchatlive event on Saturday June 22 at 2 pm EST. The event will be live on G+ and also on Pinterest. You can join us by following along on G+ Hangouts on Air, and also by following the PInterest Board #recipesfromtheheart. The winner of the KitchenAid Stand Mixer and Ice Cream Attachment will be announced live. There are bonus prizes up for grabs during the pinchatlive for those who participate in it. We're giving away 1 Vanilla Infused Box Set, 1 Lemon Infused Box Set and a $30 Amazon Gift Card. So make sure you join us for this event!

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  1. nicole @ I am a Honey Bee says

    June 16, 2013 at 9:07 am

    sooo I've lived in Boston since Aug 2003 and I've never had Boston Cream Pie...

    This looks awesome

    Reply
  2. Helene D'souza says

    June 16, 2013 at 9:47 am

    Kita, your cake sounds like a dream, I would love trying out your recipe soon! Sunday treat =)

    Reply
  3. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says

    June 16, 2013 at 9:51 am

    This looks soooo good! Also, love the giveaway!

    Reply
  4. Tieghan says

    June 16, 2013 at 10:01 am

    Great cause and this looks amazing! I still have never had bosten cream pie!

    Reply
  5. Kim Beaulieu says

    June 16, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    Kita I adore you to bits. You always make me smile. I wish I could join you and Papa Smurf for a BBQ today. Give him a big hug on my behalf, he's raised a kick ass daughter who I happen to think is wicked awesome.

    And this pie, seriously woman, this is amazing. I swear the next time we're together I'm forcing you to give me a quick photography lesson. So jealous of all your mad skills.

    Thanks for joining us for this. It means the world to me and I cannot thank you enough for your friendship. xx

    Reply
  6. Ramona says

    June 16, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    I love that you call your father Papa Smurf... too cute. 🙂 Enjoy your Dad today... and some good bbq.

    I'm also proud to be apart of such a wonderful event thanks to Kim and Jen. 🙂 Your Boston Cream pie makes me extra happy because it is my hubby's favorite dessert. We are actually having one tonight to celebrate with him too. 🙂

    Reply
  7. Kim Cree says

    June 16, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway! I don't know what I would make first the possibilities are endless!

    Reply
  8. sharona says

    June 16, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    the first thing i'd make would probably be a big batch of bread. or cookies.

    Reply
  9. The Ninja Baker says

    June 16, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    Scrumptious looking Boston Cream Pie, Kita. Bet it is tasty. And good to hear of happy family stories. Trust you'll be celebrating your father today in style =)

    Reply
  10. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    June 16, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    I have always wanted to make a Boston Cream pie - this looks fabulous!

    Reply
  11. DB-The Foodie Stuntman says

    June 17, 2013 at 2:44 am

    The word decadent comes to mind when I look at these pictures.

    Reply
  12. Belinda @zomppa says

    June 17, 2013 at 6:04 am

    Dad's are definitely something special...like Boston Creme Pies!!

    Reply
  13. Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says

    June 17, 2013 at 7:40 am

    I would make cookies. Duh.

    Reply
  14. Jenna K. says

    June 17, 2013 at 8:08 am

    I would make this boston cream pie!

    Reply
  15. Christine (Cook the Story) says

    June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am

    Boston Cream Pie is one of my favorite ever desserts. But you know what, I don't think I've ever made it myself. I must rectify this soon! Starting with your recipe!

    Reply
  16. Trish @infinebalance says

    June 17, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    OMG... that pie looks so good! One of my favs.

    Reply
  17. Susan says

    June 17, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    I bet your dad loved getting this pie pushed on him! What a great relationship you have with him! Sounds just like mine!

    Reply
  18. Kari M says

    June 19, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    Ice cream!

    Reply
  19. Sarah says

    June 20, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    Mmm that looks amazing!

    Reply
  20. Sarah says

    June 20, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    The first thing I would make would probably be a cake. For my mom, for letting me always borrow her kitchenaid stand mixer. And for being the best mom on earth.

    Reply
  21. Jen @JuanitasCocina says

    June 22, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    I've made your other Boston Cream Pie (cake). So, I suppose I'll have to suck it up and make this too. For research and all.

    Thank you so much for participating with us!

    Reply
  22. Nutmeg Nanny says

    June 29, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Oh my! This boston cream pie looks glorious, what a perfect recipe 🙂

    Reply
  23. Camila says

    November 25, 2015 at 10:45 am

    Delicious!!!
    I have to try this recipe
    Thank you for sharing.

    Reply

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