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       Title: Boston Cream Pie # 2
  Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 8 servings
  
       1 c  Butter or margarine;
            -softened
       1 c  Sugar
       3    Eggs
       2 c  Sifted cake flour
       2 ts Baking powder
     1/4 ts Salt
     1/2 c  Milk
       2 ts Vanilla extract
            Cream filling:
     1/2 c  Sugar
     1/4 c  Cornstarch
     1/4 ts Salt
       2 c  Milk
       4    Egg yolks; lightly beaten
       1 ts Vanilla extract
            Chocolate glaze-:
       2 tb Butter or margarine
       1 oz Unsweetened chocolate square
       1 c  Sifted powdered sugar
       2 tb Boiling water
  
   Recipe by: Southern Living Five-Star Recipe Collection
   Preparation Time: 1:00
   Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium
   speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time,
   beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking
   powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with
   milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after
   each addition. Stir in vanilla.
   Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake
   pans. Bake at 350~ for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden
   pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans
   10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on
   wire racks.
   Spread cream filling between cake layers. Spread chocolate
   glaze over top of cake, letting excess drip down sides of
   cake. Chill until ready to serve.
   
   Yield:  8 to 10 servings CREAM FILLING:  Combine sugar,
   cornstarch and salt in a heavy saucepan.
   Add milk and egg yolks, stirring with a wire whisk until
   blended. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until
   mixture comes to a boil; boil 1 minute or until mixture is
   thickened, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
   Stir in vanilla; let cool completely.
   Yield:  2 1/2 cups CHOCOLATE GLAZE:  Combine butter and
   chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil.
   Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts, stirring
   occasionally. Let cool slightly. Add sugar and water,
   beating until smooth.
  
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