Boston Cream Pie in a Jar | Five Minute Pastry School

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: whipped topping

Coconut cream is lower in calories and adds a unique flavor.

semisweet chocolate

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate chips

Dark chocolate offers health benefits while chocolate chips are often more affordable.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In another mixing bowl, add butter and sugar, and cream together with the paddle attachment until fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time along with vanilla extract while mixing.

Alternate adding dry ingredients with buttermilk, starting with a third of the dry ingredients, mixing, then adding half of the buttermilk, scraping down the bowl in between.

Continue alternating until all ingredients are combined to form the cake batter.

Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray and transfer the batter into the pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until the top is brown and springs back when pressed, and a toothpick comes out clean.

For the pastry cream, combine whole milk and half of the sugar in a pot and heat over medium-high until it simmers.

In a bowl, whisk together eggs, remaining sugar, and cornstarch.

Temper the egg mixture by slowly streaming in the hot milk while whisking continuously.

Transfer the mixture back to the pot and cook over heat, stirring constantly to prevent burning.

Strain the pastry cream through a sieve to remove lumps and taste for flavor.

For the ganache, bring heavy cream to a simmer and pour it over chocolate chips in a bowl, letting it sit for a few seconds before whisking until smooth.

Once everything is cool, use a round cookie cutter to cut circles from the cake that will fit into jars.

Layer the cake in jars starting with a piece of cake, then pastry cream, another piece of cake, and top with chocolate ganache, pressing down to fit more layers.

Optionally, slice the cake in half for more even layers of pastry cream and chocolate.

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