Jeni's - Boston Cream Pie

Boston Cream Pie - Salted Vanilla Custard Layered with Yellow Cake Pieces and Darkest Chocolate Fudge

The fourth pint in my recent shipment from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is called Boston Cream Pie.  This is her take on the popular filled pastry -- one of my favorite things to get at a donut shop, actually.  I have had an implementation of this flavor once before from Ben & Jerry's -- a flavor that they have since retired.  It should be interesting to see how Jeni's compares.

Removing the lid, I see the white color of the vanilla custard base.  A lovely drizzle of fudge can be seen right away as well as crumbs which appear to be hints of cake pieces.  Digging in, the base has a delicious vanilla flavor, yet it is ice-cream-like.  It is not like eating a full bowl of the creamy filling to the pastry -- that would be too sweet.  The cake pieces are dispersed through the pint and they are fairly substantial.  They are soft and chewy.  The cake pieces are drier than I expected.  Not that they are dry.  They are still soft and moist like cake, but a lot of times cakey mix-ins soak up the surronding cream.  These pieces must have been added later in the freezing and churning process.  The fudge swirls are quite good.  Both the cake and the fudge do an great job of reproducing the flavor of their counterparts in Boston Cream Pie.

This is a solid implementation of a Boston Cream Pie flavor.  It was uncanny how much the cake and chocolate each make the ice cream taste like the pastry.  It was not as creamy, though.  Ben & Jerry's had a swirl of cream, so even though their cake and fudge were not as good it reminded me a bit more of the donut because it's all about the cream for me.  For some, too much cream might be too sweet -- though if that is the case you probably are not too much of a fan of the dessert.  Anyhow, this is still quite good and the Ben & Jerry's flavor is retired, so check it out if you like Boston Cream Pie.