Washington Cream Pie

Name: Washington Cream Pie
Ingredients: 2 cups, heavy cream; 1/2 cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), sugar, divided; Pinch, table salt; 5 , large egg yolks; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cold, cut into 4 pieces; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 3/4 cup, heavy cream; 1/4 cup, corn syrup; 8 ounces (227 grams), chopped bittersweet chocolate; 2 (8-inch), baked white cake rounds; 2/3 cup, raspberry jam or preserves

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2010

How appropriate that such a stately cake is named after the first president of the United States.

SERVES 8

TIME 1 hour, plus 5½ hours chilling and cooling

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