Friday, August 14, 2020

Mini Boston Cream Pie

 

Mini 

Boston Cream Pie 

 

 
These made with Hot Milk Sponge Cake
Very fluffy, soft and moist mini cakes
with custard cream as a filling
and  chocolate ganache on the top of cake
It's great dessert for summer
 

     Ingredients      
For 12 mini cakes 
 
Milk  1/2 cup (120ml)
Unsalted butter   1/4 cup (50g)
Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon   
Egg (room temperature) 2
Sugar 1/2 cup (100g)           
All-purpose flour  1 cup(120g)
Baking powder  1  1/2 teaspoons
Custard cream/Pastry cream  1  1/4 cups (300g)

Chocolate Ganache
Semi sweet chocolate 70g
Heavy whipping cream 1/4 cup (70ml)
Unsalted butter 1 tablespoon
 
 
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Grease cupcake pan with butter
Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F .
 
In a large bowl,  whisk the eggs and sugar 
with hand mixer on the high speed about 5 minutes 
until the mixture becomes pale, thick and fluffy, 
and also triples in volume.
 
And then turn hand mixer on the low speed 
and whisk about 1 minute
 
 
 Sift in the flour and baking powder 
Fold with a spatula until the cake batter is combined
 
 
In  a small bowl add milk , butter and vanilla extract, 
microwave about 1 minute 
until the butter has melted and milk is hot
 
Add hot milk and butter into cake batter
And stir with a spatula 
until the cake batter is evenly combined. 
 
 
 Pour the cake batter into cupcake pan
And tap the cake pan to release air bubbles

Bake at 180°C / 350°F for 15-20 minutes
or until top is golden brown
and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean
 
 
Place cake pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, 
then remove cake from pan, 
and place on a wire rack to cool

 
 
 
Cut the cakes in half horizontally
Spread the custard cream onto the cake,
 then put the other half of the cake on top
 
Refrigerate cake while preparing chocolate ganache
 
 
Chocolate Ganache 
 
1 - Chop chocolate into small pieces
2 - Place cream in a small saucepan over medium heat ,
don't need to boil, just below boiling point
3 - Pour hot cream over the chocolate, 
and let it sit for couple minutes.
4 - Add butter and stir until smooth
 
 
Spread chocolate ganache on the top of the cake
Refrigerate cakes at least 1 hour before serving