There's no way I can let this day slide, since I'm from Boston. The Boston Cream Pie actually was invented in Boston, at the Parker House Hotel, which is also where they invented the Parker House Roll. But that would be another post.
It was invented by a chef named Sanzian, and is the official dessert of Massachusetts. It's called a pie but it's actually a cake. That link has a basic recipe for Boston Cream Cakes from 1879, but here's a more complex version. Here's another recipe from Yankee magazine.
Not that we here at Slashfood would condone drinking, especially when you have a lot of homework to do. But the truth is college students drink, and Boston has a lot of bars and a lot of colleges. Ergo, a lot of college students are going to drink in Boston. 
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