I’m not much of a cake person, but there are a few types that I’ll happily have seconds of, including fudgy-rich chocolate cake, muffins (which are basically cupcakes), and Boston cream pie. The latter is a classic dessert consisting of three components: a fluffy sponge cake for its base, pastry cream for the filling, and a shiny coat of chocolate ganache on top. The final result is a simple yet stunning dessert that is rich, moist, and all together not too sweet.
History of the Boston Cream Pie
Boston cream pie isn’t a pie; it’s technically a cake. The cake took its name from the type of pie tin it was originally baked in during the mid-1800s.
The dessert was made famous by the Parker House Hotel in Boston. There, the recipe was perfected and called the “Parker House Chocolate Cream Pie.” It was later renamed as the Boston Cream Pie and is now known as the official state dessert of Massachusetts.
