Boston Cream Pie appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Boston cream pie · Boston
Boston cream pie is two layers of sponge cake filled with thick pastry cream and topped with chocolate ganache. Massachusetts's official state dessert since 1996, invented at the Parker House Hotel in 1856.
The Boston cream pie was created in 1856 by French chef M. Sanzian at the Parker House Hotel on School Street, three years after the hotel opened. The original recipe layered yellow sponge cake with custard cream and finished the top with a chocolate fondant, not a ganache. Massachusetts named it the official state dessert in 1996 over the Toll House cookie and the Indian pudding. The Omni Parker House still serves the original recipe in its Parker's Restaurant dining room. The dish is technically a cake, not a pie; the historic name dates to a period when American kitchens used pie pans for both shapes.
Where to eat in Boston:
- Modern Pastry
- Mike's Pastry
- Flour Bakery
- Tatte Bakery & Cafe