Cake recipe is the yellow chocolate cake from the broma bakery cookbook sweet tooth. Frosted with ganache and filled with pastry cream that are both just typical ratios/recipes I found online. With some whipped cream cuz I screwed up the bottom of the frosting when I moved it onto a bigger cake round. When I was a kid, my mom would always get us the ones from stop and shop that had a maraschino cherry in the middle and me and my siblings always wanted to be the one to get the cherry. So since it’s my cake I decided to put a cherry on every piece
by Das_Floppus
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Here is the recipe for the cake btw, it is by far the best cake recipe I have ever used, I always struggle to make homemade white and yellow cake taste nice and have a nice texture, but this recipe has worked very well for me so far!
https://bromabakery.com/yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting/#
I tagged as no recipe because I can’t remember where I got the pastry cream recipe, both it and the ganache are just pretty typical recipes by weight since it’s a pretty standard ratio.
Another big win for me on this was that I tried whipping the cream by hand for the final ~25% of the stiffness. I always struggle with over-whipping and this let me get that actual inflection point where it is as stiff as you can get it without starting to split and deflate. If you struggle with the same thing I really recommend it
Brilliant, beautiful, and I am sure delicious! Now I got me a baking goal!
It’s so cute! Looks like something right out of a cartoon
Damnit why did I have to see this at 9:16pm when I’m trying to eat sensibly.. now I have to go get myself a Boston cream 😭 (even though this cake looks 10x as good)
It’s one of my favorites. Betty Crocker used to have a box mix for it. My dad worked for General Mills so he was always bringing home products.
this is like… my literal dream cake
Isn’t Boston cream pie *always* a cake? Like the inverse of cheesecake?
Well this is now my dream cake
The cake is a lie (yes I know that one was actually black forest but given this a pie themed cake and similar looking on the outside, I couldn’t help myself).
This is so pretty and yummy looking. Great job!
Aw s’cute
It is cake. No idea why anyone ever called it a pie.
I could eat this whole thing by myself 😍
Oooooh! That looks like it would taste divine.
This is a baking joke, right?
I think they called it a pie because cakes were made in pie dishes. Not sure if that’s true, but that’s an explanation I heard once.
ok this looks WAY too good 😭 i used to fight my siblings over the cherry on top so putting one on every slice feels like healing a childhood wound… i just know i’d be hovering around this cake all day 💀
I don’t care what it’s called pie or cake. It’s beautiful and looks absolutely delicious.
That looks fantastic!
whatever the original format of the boston cream pie i would eat all of this
Boston cream pie is my favorite!! I love your take on it
This was a triumph…
It is a cake already.
this looks gorgeous! no idea why but the aesthetic of it reminded me of the older vibe that this youtube channel, nerdy nummies, used to have
Unsure if serious, but the Boston Cream Pie has always been a cake. Pies and cakes back then were baked in the same pan and the terms used interchangeably. I’ve eaten and made varying versions this cake quite a few times in my life growing up in MA.
Here’s a recipe from the Parker House Hotel where it is thought to have been invented
[https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/omni-parker-house-boston/restaurants/the-original-boston-cream-pie.php](https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/omni-parker-house-boston/restaurants/the-original-boston-cream-pie.php)
The cake you made looks good.
Boston Cream Pie has always been a cake.
The cake is a lie.
mmmmggfggghh..
Damn, I know what I want for my birthday.
The chocolate icing on the entire cake is bringing tears to my eyes 🥹
It’s so good I thought it was a toy!!!
I genuinely thought I was on a Portal subreddit for a second 🥲
The cake is a lie.
is it possible OP is confused because Claire Saffitz recently put out a youtube video titled, “I turned boston cream pie into a layer cake”? in which case, i think OP meant to say layer cake instead of just cake
This was a triumph.
This was a triumph
Liar
Lies
all lies
everything is lies
the cake is a lie
It’s a lie
This was a triumph.
This cake is great! It’s so delicious and moist!
The cake was not a lie after all…. Looks delicious either way!