Description
Daddy’s Boston Cream Cupcakes are a delightful twist on the classic Boston cream pie, featuring moist yellow cupcakes filled with creamy vanilla pudding and topped with a rich, glossy chocolate ganache. This easy-to-make dessert brings bakery-quality flavor and presentation to your home kitchen, perfect for any special occasion or a sweet treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake
- 1 box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients listed on the box – typically eggs, oil, and water)
Filling
- 1 package (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups cold whole milk
Ganache
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Prepare the Cupcakes: Mix the yellow cake batter according to the package instructions. Fill each lined cup in a 12-cup muffin tin about two-thirds full with batter. Bake for 18–20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool completely.
- Make the Filling: Whisk the instant vanilla pudding mix with cold whole milk for about 2 minutes until thickened. Chill the pudding in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes.
- Fill the Cupcakes: Using a paring knife, cut a small cone-shaped hole out of the center of each cooled cupcake. Fill each cavity with about 1 tablespoon of the chilled pudding and replace a portion of the removed cake plug over the filling to close it.
- Prepare the Ganache: Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until it just begins to simmer. Remove from heat and pour cream over the semi-sweet chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl. Let sit for 2 minutes, then stir in butter, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt until smooth and glossy.
- Glaze the Cupcakes: Spoon or dip the tops of each filled cupcake into the chocolate ganache. Allow the ganache to set at room temperature or refrigerate briefly to firm up before serving.
Notes
- For a more polished bakery-style presentation, use a piping bag to fill the cupcakes neatly with the pudding filling.
- Store cupcakes in the refrigerator if not serving immediately to keep the filling fresh.
- Allow refrigerated cupcakes to come to room temperature before eating to enjoy the best flavor and texture.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 240mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
