Description
Delightful Boston cream cupcakes blend classic American dessert charm with irresistible pastry cream and chocolate glaze. Sweet vanilla cake layers and silky custard create a perfect dessert adventure you’ll savor with pure culinary joy.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup whole milk
Leavening and Seasoning:
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Filling and Topping Ingredients:
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 ounces (226 grams) semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
Instructions
- Prepare oven to 350F (175C) and arrange cupcake liners in muffin tin.
- Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl, ensuring even distribution of flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Blend butter, eggs, milk, and vanilla into dry mixture, whisking until achieving a smooth, lump-free batter.
- Carefully distribute batter into liners, filling each approximately two-thirds full to allow room for rising.
- Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes until golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack, preventing moisture condensation.
- For custard, whisk milk, egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Continuously stir custard mixture until it thickens and coats the back of a spoon, approximately 5-7 minutes.
- Remove custard from heat, incorporate vanilla, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
- Create ganache by heating cream until it reaches a gentle boil.
- Pour hot cream over chocolate, letting it sit undisturbed for 5 minutes to melt completely.
- Gently stir chocolate mixture until smooth and glossy with no visible lumps.
- Using a small knife, carefully cut a circular pocket in the top of each cooled cupcake.
- Fill each cupcake cavity with chilled custard, ensuring even distribution.
- Generously drizzle chocolate ganache over the filled cupcakes, allowing it to cascade down the sides.
- Refrigerate assembled cupcakes for 15 minutes to set ganache before serving.
Notes
- Create custard ahead of time to allow proper chilling and enhance flavor development.
- Use room temperature ingredients for smoother, more consistent cupcake batter mixing.
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before filling to prevent custard from melting.
- Opt for high-quality dark chocolate for richer, more intense ganache flavor.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 289 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg