Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2008

The cake was terrible, the shortening made it taste really bad, even though the custard and the chocolate were really good.

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Lita

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Borja, Lima, Peru

Living In: Deland, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2008

A satisfying combination of chocolate, vanilla custard and cake. I just used chocolate ganache instead of the glaze.

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RoseRover

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2008

It was good and very sweet. If you have a sweet tooth this would take care of it!

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VeggieGirl

Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2008

I didn't like this recipe, I love to bake but I found this recipe to just all around flop out. If I had to make again I would substitute a regular chocolate buttercream icing.

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Dirkey

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2008

Delicious and very easy to make. I also used a yellow cake mix from the box as suggested by another user on this site. Both the custard and the glaze turned out excellent and the whole thing was fast and easy to make. I definiely recommend this is anyone who is looking for a unique but easy cake recipe. I made it for my boyfriend's birthday and it was a hit all around!

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Jessica

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Manalapan, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2007

I made this cake for my Dad on father's day because it's his favourite, it was exellent. I used pudding jell-o for filling though, because it didn't get very good reveiws and I had some in the house. Also, I baked it in a silicone pan and waited 10-15 minutes before removing it.

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madeleine

Reviewed: May 13, 2007

I have tried so many recipes off this site and always ben pleased even though I may have had to weak things to my taste....however, this was the WORST cake I have ever had. I can't find one redeeming point about this recipe. The cake is very bland and very heavy and dense. The custard also has no taste and was very difficult to set. I had to add another egg and used Irish Cream to flavor the custard to make it nice. The chocolate glaze is entirely too much, cut down the chocolate a bit or better yet, use the Caroline's Fudge Frosting recipe. All in all, when one has to change a recipe so much that you are combing three different recipes, you can no longer rate it as good. I've never given any recipe bad reviews but this one just needs so much more work.

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VoodooKitty

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Living In: Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, U.K.

Reviewed: May 1, 2007

I'd rate this recipe a ***** for taste - I had to alter it so much it's not really the same recipe. We love Boston Cream Pie - but I don't like the fake rum flavor of the store bought kind. My changes give a light rum flavor not the fake. Soooo, what I did was to use a yellow cake mix (with 1/2 c rum, 1/2 c water & 1/2 c oil, 4 eggs and 3 3/4 oz package of vanilla instant pudding). Then after that was baked, cut the cake to make 2 layers rather than one. Doubled the custard recipe to fill 2 layers (had to use more corn starch to thicken it) and then glazed it with the original chocolate recipe. Now that is a ***** Boston Cream Pie. I didn't find this recipe too difficult to make and I have tried the boxed one - ewww it wasn't very nice. This is awesome compared to the store made or boxed version.

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TORA.V

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Sugar Land, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2007

I've made this twice, first time I wasn't overly impressed with the custard. This time I added an egg yolk and extra 1/2tsp vanilla and was much happier with the results. Whisking constantly while cooking prevents lumps from forming from the corn starch. Not sure what I did but this last time I made the cake it came out badly; so in a pinch (FYI) the betty crocker yellow cake mix works well with the other components ;)

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BOILERMISH

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Northville, Michigan, USA

Living In: Oxford, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2007

I've been looking for a great custard recipe and now I've found it!I didn't want the cake this time, but after having the custard its next on my list.

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