Homemade Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

April 04, 2013

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Boston cream pie cupcakes are delicious! I mean, what’s not to love? There’s sweet yellow cake, vanilla pastry cream, and rich chocolate ganache. It’s hard to go wrong with a combo like that.

Ingredients
Pastry Cream
2 ½ c. milk
1 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. cake flour
1 tsp. kosher salt
8 egg yolks from large eggs
1 T. vanilla extract

Cupcakes
1 ¾ c. all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
6 T. butter, softened
1/4 c. plain non-fat Greek yogurt
1 c. granulated sugar
3 large eggs
3/4 c. milk (low-fat is ok)
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Chocolate Ganache
10 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped in small pieces
1 ¼ c. cream or whole milk

Heat milk until hot and bubbly at the edges but not boiling. While the milk it heating, whisk together sugar, flour, and salt in a small bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together egg yolks. Gradually add the...
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Nutritions

Calories
1210

Sodium
680mg
28% DV

Fat
70g
108% DV

Protein
20g
41% DV

Carbs
136g
46% DV

Fiber
12g
49% DV