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Boston Cream Pie
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Boston Cream Pie

23 ingredients 1 hr + 20 min 10 openrecipes
Boston Cream Pie

Boston Cream Pie isn’t actually a pie. It’s a yellow layer cake (with a hint of lemon), filled with custard and topped with chocolate icing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1063
Calories
30g
Protein
40g
Fat
142g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 15 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Bean not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 whole FOR THE FILLING:
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Egg Yolks
  • 1 Tablespoon Flour
  • ¼ cups Cornstarch
  • 1-½ cup Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Milk
  • ½ cups Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Whipping Cream
  • 3 whole Vanilla Extract (or 1-inch Vanilla Bean, Split And Seeds Scraped)
  • ¼ cups FOR THE CAKE:
  • ¾ cups Eggs, Separated
  • ½ teaspoons Cold Water
  • ¼ teaspoons Sugar
  • ¾ cups Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ teaspoons Lemon Zest
  • ⅛ teaspoons Cake Flour
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 2 ounces, weight Salt
  • ¾ cups Cream Of Tartar
  • 1 Tablespoon FOR THE ICING:
  • 3 Tablespoons Unsweetened Chocolate
  • ½ teaspoons Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 cup Water

Directions

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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