Recipes: Vanilla and Chocolate Cream Custards

[azriona]

I made a Boston Cream Pie this weekend for my neighbor’s birthday - it was her choice, but I was happy to oblige since it’s one of my favorites, and I haven’t had a chance/excuse to make one before. (I made Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes once, but they’re terrible fiddly and I wasn’t overly impressed with the recipe except as inspiration

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[talloakslady]

Both look really wonderful, and must have tasted great.

[crimedoc1]

<===== SEND CUSTARD! CRIMEDOC WANTS CUSTARD NOW!!!

*sigh* I love love love Boston cream pie but no one else in the family does, really.

Why do they call it PIE when it's obviously a cake???

[azriona]

Oooo, I know this one. One theory is because back in the days before Williams Sonoma or Sur la Table, people baked their cakes in pie pans. Now, why other cakes were switched over to being called cakes and this one was not, I don't know - time warp, or Bostonians being stubborn about it, no idea. But that's one theory for why it's pie and not cake.

[crimedoc1]

Huh! Interesting!

So... where is my pie/cake??? I am chained to my desk and need emergency pie delivery! PIEEEEEEEEEE!