🧁🍫 Bitten Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes – A Sweet Surprise in Every Bite! 🍰✨
These Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes are filled with rich vanilla custard, topped with a silky chocolate ganache, and baked into a soft, golden cupcake. One bite, and you’ll be hooked! 🤤
🛒 Ingredients:
✨ For the Cupcakes:
✔ 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
✔ 1 ½ tsp baking powder
✔ ¼ tsp salt
✔ ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
✔ ¾ cup granulated sugar
✔ 2 eggs
✔ 1 tsp vanilla extract
✔ ½ cup whole milk
✨ For the Custard Filling:
✔ 1 cup whole milk
✔ ¼ cup granulated sugar
✔ 1 tbsp cornstarch
✔ 2 egg yolks
✔ ½ tsp vanilla extract
✨ For the Chocolate Ganache:
✔ ½ cup heavy cream
✔ ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
👩🍳 Directions:
1️⃣ Bake the Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and milk, then mix in dry ingredients. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely.
2️⃣ Make the Custard: Heat milk in a saucepan until warm. Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and egg yolks in a bowl, then slowly pour in the warm milk. Return to the pan and whisk until thickened. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and let cool.
3️⃣ Fill the Cupcakes: Cut a small hole in the center of each cupcake and fill with custard.
4️⃣ Make the Ganache: Heat heavy cream until hot (not boiling), then pour over chocolate chips. Stir until smooth.
5️⃣ Top & Serve: Spoon ganache over the cupcakes and let set.
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