Cook It Rima Way!!: Boston Cream Pie

Just came across this recipe and immediately wanted to try it. I had all the ingredients with me so on a normal weekday I went on to make the delicious Boston Cream Pie. And it was a great surprise fro Abhishek when he was back from office and I handed him this gorgeous piece of cake to eat!!

Boston Cream Pie is basically cake (not a pie) with a custard filling and chocolate topping..

All that I used :

(serves about 8 people)

For the cake -

All purpose flour - 1 & 1/4 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Shortening - 1/3 cup

Eggs - 2

Milk - 3/4 cup

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Baking powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Custard Filing -

Check the recipe here.

Chocolate Topping -

Check the recipe here.

How I made it :

Take the shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl. Beat them with a mixer (hand / stand) until it turns fluffy

Add milk to this wet mixture and stir well.

Now take another bowl and mix all the dry ingredients - the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well with a spatula.

Add the dry mixture to the wet fluffy batter, in 2-3 small batches. Use the mixer to blend in all the ingredients in a smooth uniform batter.

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease a 9 inch cake pan. Pour the prepared batter in the pan.

Put the pan in the oven and bake it for about 3-35 minutes, till an inserted tooth pick comes out clean.

Once done, take it out of the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes.

Put the cake on a flat base (like your kitchen counter or a flat plate). Use a long serrated knife and cut cake horizontally into two even layers.

Take the bottom piece of the cake and place it (cut side facing up) on a plate (normal flat or any other serving plate).

Pour the custard filling over the cut cake layer. Use a bread knife or a cake spread knife to spread the custard (on the cake) nicely and as uniformly as you can.