Boston Cream Pie

Name: Boston Cream Pie
Ingredients: Cake; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; 1 cup safflower oil; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 4 large eggs, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup sour cream; ; Pastry Cream; 1 large egg; 4 large egg yolks; 1/3 cup sugar; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups whole milk, heated; 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ; Ganache; 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 cup heavy cream, hot

Boston Cream Pie was pinched from <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/04/hungry-cravings-boston-creme-pie-recipe.html" target="_blank">www.seriouseats.com.</a>

"[Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin] Much more cake than pie, thick pastry cream and oozing chocolate ganache make up for the misnomer. Mad Hungry Cravings has the simple but satisfying recipe. Reprinted with permission by Lucinda Scala Quinn. Copyright © 2013. Published by Artisan Books. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved...."

INGREDIENTS

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Cake

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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/2 teaspoon baking powder

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1/2 teaspoon baking soda

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1 teaspoon coarse salt

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1 cup safflower oil

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1 1/2 cups sugar

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4 large eggs, at room temperature

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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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1 cup sour cream

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Pastry Cream

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1 large egg

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4 large egg yolks

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1/3 cup sugar

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1/4 cup all-purpose flour

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1 1/2 cups whole milk, heated

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1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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Ganache

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8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

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1 cup heavy cream, hot

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