It's boiled creme in Boston Creme Pie, isn't it?
I believe that's my hey. Hey!
Xander ,'Storyteller'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Apr 27, 2005 12:46:53 pm PDT #9469 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Jessica - Apr 27, 2005 12:47:30 pm PDT #9470 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The "cream" in Boston Cream Pie is traditionally thickened with cornstarch rather than egg yolks, and so is not technically a custard, depending on how pedantic you want to be.
Atropa - Apr 27, 2005 12:47:47 pm PDT #9471 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Is it like a cake on the outside, and hot and gooey on the inside, Jilli?
Yessssss.
Now I want one. This is not good.
ChiKat - Apr 27, 2005 12:48:11 pm PDT #9472 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Is it like a cake on the outside, and hot and gooey on the inside
I've heard them called Chocolate Lava Cakes and Chocolate Volcano Cakes and they are fantastic.
shrift - Apr 27, 2005 12:48:20 pm PDT #9473 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
What's the best dessert you've ever had?
Yo mama.
(Not to be confused with Yo-Yo Ma.)
t /twelve
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 12:49:04 pm PDT #9474 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Want chocolate lava cake. Want nap.
Entertain me, for I have no chocolate nor no nap.
Lyra Jane - Apr 27, 2005 12:49:18 pm PDT #9475 of 10001
Up with the sun
I've always thought of it just as a cream, but I don't think custard is an actual wrong description, Gus. It's thinner--less set, than actual baked custard.
The "cream" in Boston Cream Pie is traditionally thickened with cornstarch rather than egg yolks, and so is not technically a custard,
To me, custard flavor + gloopy= custard, but I see what you're saying. (I've never made either custard or Boston Cream Pie myself.)
Cindy, I don't know if a boxed dessert would match what the restaurant does, but I seem to remember seeing a Duncan Hines boxed chocolate lava cake.
Stephanie - Apr 27, 2005 12:49:35 pm PDT #9476 of 10001
Trust my rage
I had a chocolate volcano cake filled with caramel and topped with whipped cream at Cutter's in Seattle. It is my favorite restaurant dessert.
Gus - Apr 27, 2005 12:50:30 pm PDT #9477 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
My understanding has always been that Boston cream pie is sponge cake, custard filling, and chocolate icing. Have I been lead astray?
Possibly. Boston Cream Pie for me is whipped cream over a light, fluffy aeriation of chocolate. It weighs nothing, and has every superlative of taste.
Jessica - Apr 27, 2005 12:50:43 pm PDT #9478 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh -- the Boston Beanery's Boston Cream Pie does contain traditional egg custard, so it seems to be a matter of choice.