Description
Classic Boston cream delight cake merges luscious vanilla custard between golden sponge layers, crowned with silky chocolate ganache. Delightful New England dessert promises sweet indulgence with each heavenly slice you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box yellow butter recipe cake mix
- 2 small boxes French Vanilla instant pudding
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
Chocolate Topping Options:
- 1 tub premade chocolate frosting OR
- 8 ounces (226 grams) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 12 ounces (340 grams) chopped chocolate bar
Additional Ingredients:
- Ingredients required by cake mix box
- Ingredients required by pudding mix box
Instructions
- Preheat the oven and prepare the yellow butter cake mix according to package directions in a 9×13 inch pan, ensuring an even golden-brown surface and complete baking.
- Create the vanilla pudding following package instructions, adjusting consistency to personal preference.
- While the cake remains warm, puncture systematic holes across the surface using a wooden spoon handle, spacing them approximately one inch apart.
- Gently cascade the prepared pudding into the cake’s perforations, allowing it to seep deeply, then smoothly distribute the remaining pudding across the entire cake surface.
- Chill the pudding-infused cake in the refrigerator for 1.5 to 2 hours, enabling the pudding to stabilize and set completely.
- For the topping, select either a pre-made chocolate frosting or craft a luxurious homemade ganache. If using store-bought frosting, microwave in short 10-15 second intervals, stirring between each session until achieving a fluid consistency.
- Alternatively, for homemade ganache, combine chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream in a microwave-safe container, heating until chocolate melts completely. Whisk until achieving a silky smooth texture, allowing slight cooling before application.
- Carefully drape the chosen topping over the chilled pudding layer, ensuring complete and even coverage.
- Return the cake to the refrigerator, allowing it to rest for a minimum of 4 hours or ideally overnight, permitting the layers to harmonize and the topping to solidify perfectly.
Notes
- Cake Base Mastery: Bake the yellow butter cake until golden and fully cooked, creating a perfect foundation for your creamy dessert.
- Pudding Perfection: Poke warm cake with a wooden spoon handle, creating channels for pudding to seep through and infuse rich flavor.
- Chill and Set: Refrigerate cake for 1-2 hours after pudding layer to allow complete absorption and firm texture.
- Chocolate Topping Options: Choose between convenient pre-made frosting or luxurious homemade chocolate ganache for a decadent finish.
- Resting Time: Allow the cake to rest in the refrigerator for minimum 4 hours, letting layers blend and develop deep, harmonious flavors.
- Make-Ahead Magic: This dessert tastes even better when prepared a day in advance, making it ideal for stress-free entertaining.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 43 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg