I’m sharing my birthday cake with you today! I wish that I could share a slice with all of you but it’s physically impossible right now. (I’m sure someone is working on the solution as we speak, hehe.) I’m sharing my recipe for this Boston Cream Crepe Cake, it’s a cake that has custard layered in between crepes and topped with ganache frosting.
For the past couple of years, I’ve been making my own birthday cake. I know you will say “On, no, you can’t make your own cake!” But those who know me, know how picky I am. I don’t really like store bought cakes because they tend to make the soooo sweet that my teeth screech.
My mommy used to always make my cake, but lately my birthday has been falling on weird days and I don’t get to see them on my birthday. So, I make own cake. It’s really a good thing since I love to bake and I get to be extra creative. I also put in extra thought into it since I am my biggest critic.
I knew that I wanted to make something Boston Cream because I’ve been craving the custard and ganache flavors for a while. I’ve sifted through several cake ideas in my head and ran them by my husband. Since he’s been pretty good at coming up with ideas for baked goods lately, I went with the one he chose. The cake turned out amazing!!
(Rest assured, I’m still planning of making the other cakes that I came up with.)
Boston Cream Crepe Cake
Ingredients
- Crepes:
- 2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup veggie oil
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 4 tbs sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups of boiling water*
- Consistency should be like melted ice cream!!
- Custard:
- 1 cup of whole milk
- 2/3 cup of heavy cream
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 4 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Ganache:
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup heavy cream boiling
Instructions
- Custard: Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until completely combined. Add flour, whisk very well and set aside while heating the milk. Heat milk, heavy cream, butter and salt until simmering. Slowly add the heated milk mixture into the egg yolk mixture stirring constantly. Whisk well, slowly. Return the mixture into the pot and bring to simmer stirring constantly. The mixture will thicken within 30-45 seconds. Take off heat! Whisk in the vanilla, set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Crepes: Preheat a non-stick pan on medium high heat. Combine flour, eggs, milk, oil, salt, sugar and baking soda. Whisk all well. Slowly, start adding 1/4 cup of the hot water at a time to the batter. Whisking constantly until the batter reaches the consistency of melted ice cream. Pour about a ladle-full into the hot pan and swirl slowly. For this cake, I used a little bit more batter on each crepe and spread around to about 8-inch round crepe. (Normally, I use 1/2 ladle-full.) Cook for a few seconds on each side, until golden.
- Ganache: Bring the heavy cream to boil, be careful not to let it actually boil or it will raise.
- Pour the boiling cream over the chopped chocolate and stir until melted. Cool to a little warmer then room temperature.
- To assemble the cake: Spread a somewhat thin layer of custard on each crepe as you stack them of top of each other. Pour the ganache over the top of the cake. Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight to let the cake set.
- Ganache can also be poured on the cold cake, before serving.
- (*Suggestion:* if you want extra security to keep the cake from sliding off while it's chilling, use one of those long, wooden kebab sticks in the center of the cake.)
Nutrition
Tahnycooks says
Im sitting here with my brother-in-law and I just showed this to him, cuz, he LOVES Boston cream!! He went crazy and said, “what is THAT!!! I need that NOW!!!”
lyuba says
Awww, how cool! Thank you, Tahny! Hope you all will try it 🙂
Angela says
Yum! I made a chocolate meringue crepe cake and it was divine and this looks just as divine. I love the flavor the crepe gives the cake, not too sweet. I want to try this for my next crepe cake. Seriously, I’m drooling right now because it looks so good.
Stopping by from the Inspired Linky.
lyuba says
That’s why I really liked this cake, not too sweet! Chocolate meringue cake sounds awesome!
Thank you, Angela!
lisa@cookingwithcurls says
WOW!!! That is an awesome cake Lyuba! The pictures are gorgeous and making me wish I had a slice…or two right now 🙂 No store could make anything even close to that!
lyuba says
That is so sweet! Thank you, Lisa 🙂
Amy | Club Narwhal says
Lyuba, this looks glorious! And happy, happy birthday to you. My husband loves Boston cream pie and I’m sure this will make him go out of his mind with happiness 🙂
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Amy!!
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says
I hope you had a great birthday! And I am totally emailing this recipe to my husband for birthday cake hints! 😉
lyuba says
I did, thank you so much, Pamela! Hope he takes the hint 🙂
Melanie @ Just Some Salt and Pepper says
This is such a great idea and looks totally delicious. Happy belated birthday!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Melanie!
Maria says
Ok this is just too much….. this crepe cake looks AMAZING!!!!! I love anything with the Boston Cream flavors, and I love crepes.. what a great idea to marry the two together! What a beautiful looking dessert!
lyuba says
Awww, thank you, Maria 🙂
Jessica says
WOW, that looks amazing!
lyuba says
Thank you, Jessica!!
Tonia@thegunnysack says
Lyuba! This is stunning! I love your cake. Happy Birthday!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Tonia!
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home says
Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home
I’m not sure I’ve seen anything as beautiful, or delicious, as this!
Wow!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Suzanne
lyuba says
That is so sweet of you! Thank you, Suzanne!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Holy Crap look that piece of heaven!!! Seriously amazing! I’m going to go wipe the drool off my face now…. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Julie! 🙂
Lisa@hooplapalooza says
oh. Oh! OH MYYYYY! you just give us a present on your birthday Lyuba! this looks like sheer yummy heaven 🙂
Happy Happy Birthday and many more to come! 🙂
lyuba says
Awww, how nice of you! Thank you, Lisa!