Boston "Scream" Pie

Source
Martha Stewart Living, October 2008
Boston "Scream" Pie
  • servings 10

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

  • Spiced Pastry Cream

  • 1 cup heavy cream

  • 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, plus more for pans

  • Candy Spiders, optional

  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt

  • 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

  • 1/3 cup heavy cream

  • 5 ounces (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans

  • 1 1/3 cups sugar

  • 2 large eggs, room temperature

  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Step 1

    Make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-by-2-inch round cake pans, line bottom with parchment, and butter parchment. Dust with cocoa powder, and tap out excess.

  2. Step 2

    Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Whisk pumpkin, oil, and cream in a medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then add vanilla. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with pumpkin mixture, starting and ending with flour. Divide batter between pans, and spread evenly.

  3. Step 3

    Bake until testers inserted into centers of cakes come out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire racks, remove parchment, and let cool.

  4. Step 4

    Make the glaze: Place chocolate in a food processor. Bring cream and corn syrup to a simmer in a small saucepan, whisking to combine. Pour over chocolate, and process until smooth.

  5. Step 5

    To assemble the cake: Trim top of 1 cake to create a flat surface. Reserve trimmings for another use. Place cake, cut side up, on a serving plate. Spread chilled pastry cream over cake, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top with remaining cake, bottom side up, and press gently to spread pastry cream to edge. Stir chocolate glaze, then ladle over top of cake so some drips down sides. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour or, preferably, overnight. Decorate with candy spiders if desired.

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Reviews (7)

  • blanco
    1 Nov, 2010

    Horrid Cake. Pumpkin
  • blanco
    1 Nov, 2010

    My post will not show up except for my first word PUMPKIN. Sorry.
  • blanco
    1 Nov, 2010

    Only my first word shows up on comments! Here I go again: Pumpkin
  • blanco
    1 Nov, 2010

    Pumpkin
  • blanco
    1 Nov, 2010

    Pumpkin
  • Gertrude_Sanchez
    20 Mar, 2009

    I only made the cake part and it turned out very well. It was moist with a slightly denser than usual texture. It made me think of a real old-fashioned type of cake. All of my guests liked it and it was gone very quickly!
  • FancyBaker
    21 Nov, 2008

    I did not like this cake and ended up throwing the whole thing out!! Don't even bother.....
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