Boston Cream Pie

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• chocolate frosting

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
• 3 cream the shortening with the 1 cup sugar.
• 4 add 1 egg and beat until blended.
• 5 sift the 1-3/4 cups flour together with the baking powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
• 6 add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• 7 stir in the vanilla. divide the batter between the cake tins.
• 8 bake for 20 minutes or until a tester inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to finish cooling.
• 9 to make the filling, combine the flour with the sugar in a small saucepan.
• 10 add the egg, milk, and salt. cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the filling is smooth and thick.
• 11 stir in the vanilla. chill in the refrigerator.
• 12 bake for 20 minutes or until a tester inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to finish cooling.
• 13 to make the filling, combine the flour with the sugar in a small saucepan.
• 14 to assemble, spread the filling between the cooled cake layers and top with the frosting.