found this at tamara's sweet treats

Boston Cream Pie
Don't be fooled! This "pie" is really a cake.

Cake:
1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set
aside.

Work butter and vanilla extract together until creamy,
then work in sugar, a little at a time, until smooth.
Beat in eggs one at a time, beating hard after each
addition. Stir in milk and flour combination
alternately. Pour batter into two greased 8-inch round
cake pans and bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven
for 25 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of
pan. Cool.

Filling:
1 cup half-and-half
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons flour
Dash of salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Scald half-and-half. Combine sugar, flour and salt in
a bowl and stir in the hot milk until smooth. Add to
egg very slowly, beating constantly. Cook over boiling
water, stirring constantly, until custard thickens.
Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract and cool.
When both cake and filling are cool, spoon filling
between the layers and sprinkle top with
confectioners' sugar, or frost with chocolate
frosting.

Variation:
To make Washington Pie, put raspberry jam or jelly
between the layers in place of the custard, and shower
the top with confectioners' sugar.

From RetiredPostal

> wrote in message
...
> 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...