Slashfood Bowl: Boston's cake creams New York's cheese

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 31st 2008 @ 8:21PM

It's Super Bowl Dessert day here at Slashfood, which means for the Slashfood Bowl, we're talking about Boston Cream Pie for the New England Patriots.

Though it's called "pie," the Boston Cream Pie is actually a layer cake filled with pastry cream and covered with a chocolate ganache. Why it's called a pie, we can't be sure, but reliable sources (and by "reliable" I mean I googled it) say that it was likely because pie tins were more readily available than cake pans to bake the cake layers.

I've only tasted the cake twice, and both times, I wondered why I didn't eat this cake more often. I mean, come on. It has pastry cream in the middle and is topped with chocolate that drips down the sides. Alright, I'll be honest with you all. I basically love the cake for that pastry cream.

Filed Under: Super Bowl XLII, Slashfood Bowl 2008, Ingredients
Tags: boston, boston cream pie, chocolate, comfort food, dessert, new england, patriots, sugar