Boston Creme Cake
For those who love the donut, this decadent cake will have you hooked after every bite!
Yield
1 servingsPrep
35 minCook
25 minReady
60 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | cup |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | cup |
milk
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 | cups |
pudding
vanilla flavour, prepared, frozen, or homemade |
* |
| ¼ | cup |
chocolate
pieces |
*
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
butter
or margarine |
|
| ½ | cup |
powdered sugar
unsifted |
|
| 1 ½ | tablespoon |
milk
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 59 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 237 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 7.5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 118 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 473 | ml |
pudding
vanilla flavour, prepared, frozen, or homemade |
* |
| 59 | ml |
chocolate
pieces |
*
|
| 15 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 118 | ml |
powdered sugar
unsifted |
|
| 23 | ml |
milk
|
|
Directions
Cream together sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine flour, baking powder and salt and add alternately with milk and vanilla to creamed mixture. Pour into greased and floured 9-inch round cake pan.
Bake in 350℉ (180℃) degree oven 25 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on rack. When cold, cut cake into two layers. Spread bottom layer with pudding. Top with second layer. Pour Chocolate Glaze over top allowing some drizzle down sides.
Chocolate Glaze: Melt ¼ cup chocolate pieces with one tablespoon butter or margarine. Remove from heat and stir in ½ cup unsifted powdered sugar alternately with 1½ tablespoons milk.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
