Cheap and easy way to make Boston Cream Pie?

I'm making my father a boston cream pie for his birthday, as its his favorite cake. Sadly, I don't have too much money, and nor do I have a huge amount of baking experience.





Is it okay to use just yellow cake box mix, or should I make a sponge cake from scratch?Cheap and easy way to make Boston Cream Pie?
EASY BOSTON CREAM PIE





1 (2 layer size) pkg. yellow cake mix


1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix


1 (1 oz.) sq. unsweetened chocolate


1 tbsp. butter


1 c. sifted powdered sugar


1/2 tsp. vanilla


3-4 tsp. water





Prepare cake pans and mix following directions. Cool cake layers. Prepare pudding mix following directions for pudding. Let stand 10 minutes. Lay 1 cake layer on platter, bottom side up. Spread pudding over. Top with second cake, bottom side down. In a pan, stir chocolate and butter over low heat until melted. Remove from heat and stir in sugar and vanilla. Blend enough water into chocolate mixture so it will pour easily. Spread chocolate mixture over top cake layer. Chill.Cheap and easy way to make Boston Cream Pie?
You could use a boxed cake mix - following the package directions - and instead of custard use vanilla pudding - the kind that you cook not the instant.
You can even buy a plain round sponge, slice it in half and fill it with vanilla custard, then glaze it with chocolate .....





but if you want to make a box cake, I am sure that will be ok, too





I am sure he will appreciate it any way you do it. Have a happy day together!
No, just make a yellow cake mix. It's fine, nobody will know.
I made these for a party when I was almost totally broke (in college) and everyone loved them, super cheap, and uses ingredients you already probably have in the house...I had all the stuff except the Cool Whip on hand, and it was like three bucks or something...you could probably do this as one big cake as well...baking chocolate is cheap, as is instant pudding...you could probably make the whole thing for less than 8 bucks!





Boston Cream Pie Minis





1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix


1 cup cold milk


1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Instant Pudding


1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, divided


4 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate





Directions





1 PREHEAT oven to 350潞F. Prepare cake batter and bake in 24 greased muffin pan cups as directed on package. Cool 10 min. in pans. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.








2 POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. Let stand 5 min. to thicken. Meanwhile, cut cupcakes horizontally in half. Gently stir 1/2 cup of the whipped topping into pudding. Spoon about 1 Tbsp. of the pudding mixture onto bottom half of each cupcake; cover with top of cupcake.








3 MICROWAVE remaining 1 cup whipped topping and the chocolate in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 min. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Frost each cupcake with about 1-1/2 tsp. of the chocolate mixture. Refrigerate at least 15 min. before serving. Store leftover cupcakes in refrigerator.

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