Craving sweets. Complicated sweets.

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   Mrs Marcos

   August 2, 2009

   I made a Boston cream pie following the Betty Crocker cookbook recipe. It was actually pretty easy and tasted delicious! (though no toasted almonds)
   Betty Crocker’s Boston Cream Pie
   1 1/4 cups Gold Metal all-purpose flour
   1 cup sugar
   1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
   1/2 tsp. salt
   3/4 cup milk
   1/3 cup shortening
   1 egg
   1 tsp. vanilla
   Cream Filling (below)
   Chocolate Glaze (below)
   Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour round pan 9 x 1 1/2 inches.
   Beat all ingredients except Cream Filling and Chocolate glaze in large bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 3 minutes. Pour into pan.
   Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.
   Split cake into 2 layers. Fill Cream Filling on bottom layer of cake. Cover with top layer. Spread top with Chocolate Glaze. Refrigerate cake.
   CREAM FILLING
   1/3 cup sugar
   2 tbsp. cornstarch
   1/8 tsp. salt
   1 1/2 cups milk
   2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
   2 tsp. vanilla
   Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in 2 quart saucepan; stir in milk gradually. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils; boil and stir 1 minutes. Stir at least half of the hot mixture gradually into egg yolks. Blend into hot mixture in saucepan; boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
   CHOCOLATE GLAZE
   Heat 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, 2 tbsp. margarine or butter and 1 tbsp. light corn syrup in 1 quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until chips melt; cool slightly.
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   MelanieB

   August 3, 2009

   Funny you should write this. Someone brought a Boston Cream Pie to our baptism/birthday party yesterday and I was so excited as it’s my very favorite. This morning I’m in mourning as my dad chose to polish off that of all the leftover desserts in the house. I knew I should have hidden it if I wanted to have a piece today.

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