Boston Cream Pie

Boston cream pie is, of course, not a pie at all, but a cake disguised by a misnomer. The first reference to this dessert dates back to 1855, when a New York newspaper published a recipe for a “pudding pie cake.” That recipe was similar to Boston cream pie as we know it, but it had a powdered sugar topping. A year later, Harvey D. Parker opened his Parker House Restaurant in Boston (this restaurant was also the birthplace of the famous Parker House rolls) and featured a ver