Boston Cream Cupcakes

So I cheated on this recipe... After making the cream filling, I wasn't in the mood to make the actual cupcake. In swooped Krusteaz Basic Muffin Mix for the rescue. I hate using any sort of mix from a box instead of creating homemade, but this muffin mix is delicious and super easy. Perfect for a lazy day!

Cream Filling- Filling recipe taken directly from Annie's Eats with a change in size (1/4 amount):

1 large egg yolks

1/8 cup sugar

1/16 cup cornstarch

Pinch of salt

1/2 cups milk

1/3 tsp. vanilla extract

  

To make the pastry cream, place the egg yolks in a medium bowl and whisk.  In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and salt.  Gradually add the milk in a steady stream and cook until the mixture thickens and starts to bubble, about 5 minutes.  Whisking constantly, slowly add about a third of the hot milk mixture into the bowl with the egg yolks to temper.  Return the contents of the bowl back into the saucepan with the remaining milk mixture.  Continue to cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture comes to a full boil and is thick enough to hold its shape when lifted with a spoon, 2-4 minutes.  Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.  Strain the mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a heatproof bowl.  Cover with plastic wrap pressed directly onto the surface of the cream to prevent a skin from forming.  Refrigerate until chilled and firm, at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.

Then, create cupcakes using whatever vanilla cupcakes suits you best. This is when I baked a partial batch of muffins from the Krusteaz mix with vanilla extract and a little bit of cinnamon. Once cooled, cut the muffins/cupcakes in half and spread with the cream filling. Place top back on cupcake and mix chocolate glaze. 

Chocolate Glaze:

1 square of unsweetened chocolate

1 Tbsp butter

3/4 powdered sugar

2 Tbsp milk

Place chocolate square and butter in a bowl and microwave on high for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from microwave and stir until chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Add sugar and milk and stir again until smooth. Drizzle over assembled cupcakes and lick the bowl clean!

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