And the winners are…

Saturday, October 18, 2008

First for the throwdown – chocolate cupcake style. AND on National Chocolate Cupcake Day! How fitting. I made a half batch of the chocolate cake (I got 15 cupcakes) out of Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss. The recipe is definitely “fussier” than my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe. This one has sour cream and coffee in it. Neither of which are staples in my kitchen. I paired it with the Brown Sugar frosting because I was intrigued by that idea…

The batter came together quite nicely. It does take 3 bowls and like I mentioned, has some ingredients that I had to send hubby out to grab for me… It does have some great flavor combinations going on. It’s got almond extract as well as vanilla and includes coffee. Both almond and coffee go great with chocolate. The batter was quite thick and very tasty. Hubby really enjoyed licking the beater 🙂 And this frosting is AMAZING. We both agreed, it’s one of the best I’ve ever made. Think of a caramel Swiss-meringue buttercream. It paired perfectly with the chocolate cupcake.

Now to the Throw-down results. I’m basing this on 3 categories: Overall Taste, Ease of making, Moistness

Overall Taste – hands down goes to the Confetti cupcake. It is amazing.

Ease of making – definitely goes to my go-to cupcake. So much easier and I always have everything on hand.

Moistness – this is a tie. Both of these recipes yield very moist cupcakes. It’s because of the oil in one and sour cream in the other.

So it’s a TIE!?! I’ll definitely keep my go-to chocolate cupcake for when I just want to whip something up. It’s quick and easy and the results are great. But when I want to go the extra mile, I’ll make the Confetti cupcakes. It does take more effort, but the results are worth it. I’m not going to post the recipe here, but definitely I definitely recommend checking out Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss.

Now on to the GIVEAWAY!! I almost forgot about it after these amazing cupcakes. Thanks to everyone who participated! Using Random.org, I chose 5 random numbers from 1-79 and the lucky winners are…

Megan – who’s email begins with mybakingadventures
Chrissy – who’s email begins with chrissyblogs
Grifam93 – who’s email begins with aseminara
Jared – who’s email begins with jared
MoonFreckle – who’s email begins with angelaj

Congratulations to the winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated. If you won, send me an email at beantownbaker[at]gmail[dot]com with your address and your book will be at your house in no time. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I already have!

Cupcakes, Dessert

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14 Responses to “Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake”

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Steph — November 28, 2012 at 7:39 am

This is heavenly!!!
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Eva @ Eva Bakes — November 28, 2012 at 8:42 am

This looks amazing!
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Bee — November 28, 2012 at 12:04 pm

I LOVE Boston Cream pie, and I do love the custard filling but… I never turn down a good cheesecake! This is lovely.
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Ana Fleischmann — November 28, 2012 at 12:14 pm

OMG, it looks SO scrumptious! Trying it very soon!!
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Mal — November 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

Yum! I’d love a slice of this right now

Mal @ The Chic Geek
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Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — November 28, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Yours looks fantastic! So funny we both had a similar idea.
- beantownbaker — November 28th, 2012 @ 9:34 pm
  
  I know! It’s always crazy when stuff like that happens.
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Tim — November 29, 2012 at 6:59 am

Being from Boston, I appreciate this Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake!
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Shannon G — November 29, 2012 at 10:51 am

such a great-looking dessert! great minds 😉
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Megan — November 29, 2012 at 6:09 pm
That looks amazing. I love pastry cream and am kind of surprised you don’t like it… even really good pastry cream? (There’s a lot of bad pastry cream out there.)
- beantownbaker — November 30th, 2012 @ 10:38 am
  
  Yea, it’s really a texture thing for me. I don’t like yogurt for the same reason. Although, maybe I’ve just never had good pastry cream…
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Tracy — December 3, 2012 at 5:34 pm

I love the look of this pie/cake! Seeing the sponge layers and the cheesecake layer makes for an impressive looking cake!
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zahraa saab — May 13, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Hi there ! I was wondering after refrigerating the cheesecake overnight, how much do i have to freeze it for ??? Thank u ! 🙂
- beantownbaker — May 17th, 2014 @ 6:10 pm
  
  Just for a couple hours. It is just to make it more firm.