It's time for our next installment of Club: Baked! This time Brooke from Brooke's Bountiful Kitchen has selected Baked's Boston Cream Pie Cake. And like the last Club: Baked round, I decided to turn the cake into cupcakes.
My previous experience with Boston Cream Pies was only of the frozen variety. Did anyone else ever have the frozen (I believe Sara Lee) Boston Cream Pies that your Mom would set out at dinnertime so that it was thawed out in time for dessert? Since that's the only time I've ever tried this, I wasn't sure what to expect.....well the Baked boys definitely kicked this dessert up a notch (or two).
Take a vanilla sponge cake, throw in a layer of vanilla pastry cream, and one of chocolate pastry cream.....then top off with a rich chocolate ganache......oh man! You've got trouble!
When I first thought about doing this recipe as cupcakes, I thought "no biggie! I'll just fill the cupcakes with pastry cream and cover with the ganache." Well, on reading the recipe again, I realized that there was both vanilla and chocolate pastry creams alternating between the 4 layers of the cake. Alrighty.....slight change of plan.......I still did a cupcake.....but after baking, I removed the cupcakes from their liners, sliced the cupcakes into 3 layers, and did a layer of vanilla pastry cream, and then a layer of chocolate pastry cream. The cupcake stacks then found a home in a new cupcake liner, and then the chocolate ganache was then poured over the top of the cupcake. This was a little more involved than just filling and frosting a cupcake, but I was bound and determined to make these cupcakes......no turning back!
These cupcakes were a hit both at our house with my dear friend (as official taste tester) Lisa's family. One of these days I'll actually try making the cake version (and try not to eat it all myself).
Check out Brooke's Bountiful Kitchen for the recipe....and check out Club: Baked to see the other baker's results! Enjoy!!
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I contemplated making cupcakes, too. Your cuppies turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThose look great. You must have tons of patience - this recipe involved a bit of work without having to cut and fill individual cupcakes. They look very yummy though, good job!
ReplyDeleteThese look incredible. Very creative!
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So cute! I thought about doing cupcakes because they're usually easier than a big tall cake, but they sound like more work in this case!
ReplyDeletethese are soo cute!! great idea!!
ReplyDeleteThese look yummy! I'd like to invite you to link up at my Friday Favorites party!
ReplyDeleteAdorable cupcakes! My sister (Katie of Totally Baked) went the cupcake route too. I guess these cakes are destined for layering rather than filling. Little decadent treats!
ReplyDeleteI made cupcakes and ran into that same problem! I love that you placed your mini cakes into new liners!
ReplyDeleteMy husband loves boston cream pie...this is at the top of my have to make list :)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about trying cupcakes too. What a great idea! Yours look great!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like the perfect way to eat Boston Cream Pie. I love it! Thanks for sharing on Sweet Indulgences Sunday.
ReplyDeleteHeavenly! Thanks for stopping by Sweet Tooth Friday.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds wonderful. Bookmarking for future reference. :)
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ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous little treats, they just look delicious. Hope you will have a great week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
these sound delicious
ReplyDeletewow, amazing..cute and so yummy. I am glad you shared them at the Tea Party this week! Everyone will love them. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes sound amazing...and look cute too :)
ReplyDeleteI love new takes on old classics! These look wonderful. I linked to you from These Cooks Cooked. Thanks for a great recipe.
ReplyDeleteBite sized goodness. Very cute too. Thank you for sharing them at Joy of Desserts. :-)
ReplyDeleteThese look scrumptious! Thanks for linking them up at Muffin Monday!
ReplyDeleteThese look beautiful. That ganache is amazing. Thanks for sharing them at Crazy Sweet Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh! These look incredible!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking up to Tuesday Talent Show! I would love to have you stop by and link up again with more great projects!
-Nikki
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This is a first. Both your recipes got the top number of votes at Bake with Bizzy. I do understand why. They catch the eye and sound terrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up and sharing these with us and please keep us all drooling with more recipes.