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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:44:43 -0800 (PST), wrote:

>I'm looking for an old recipe for Boston Cream Pie....it's more like a
>cake ...It's a cake cut in half filled with a clear white (I think
>coconut tasting) filling in the middle and the whole thing is then
>covered with a chocolate like sauce... I first tasted it in a Chinese
>restaurant which is no longer in business... is anyone familiar with
>this recipe? I don't think there is actually any coconut in this
>recipe...! But it was really excellent and not very sweet either
>except for the chocolate on top....Just a beautiful dish to serve...

If you ate it in a chinese restaurant, it probably came from a chinese
bakery, so it was definitely different from regular Boston Cream Pie.
The cake itself had a different texture (smooth and light - like
eating air) and not as sweet as usual; and the filling was probably a
cream filling (not american style... more like lightly sweetened
whipped cream).

Personally, I prefer chinese bakery cakes but many americans don't.
When I'm in a decadent mood, I'll buy a whipped cream filled chocolate
jelly roll cake from the local chinese bakery.

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