This recipe will guide you in creating a bakery-worthy Boston Cream Pie, with its tender cake layers, rich pastry cream filling, and decadent chocolate ganache topping. Perfect for special occasions or any time you want to indulge in a delicious homemade dessert.

Boston Cream Pie

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Ingredients

Servings: 1 9-inch cake

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For The Cake

4 large eggs, room temperature

300g (1 1/2 cups) granulated sugar173g (1 1/2 cups) cake flour, plus more for dusting

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume3/4 cup (180ml) half-and-half

56g (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, plus more for pans

For The Simple Syrup

1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar

1/4 cup (60ml) water

For The Ganache

227g (8 ounces; 1 1/3 cups) coarsely chopped dark chocolate, between 64 and 70% cacao

1 cup (240ml) heavy cream

1 teaspoon light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume

14g (1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, cubed, at room temperature

1 recipe vanilla pastry cream

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

7,596kcal

379%
Fat

307g

15%
Saturated Fat

180g

9%
Carbohydrates

1,181g

59%
Fiber

16g

0%
Sugar

954g

47%
Protein

78g

3%
Cholesterol

2,248mg

112%
Sodium

4,080mg

204%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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