Washington Cream Pie

Name: Washington Cream Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, heavy cream; 1/4 cup, corn syrup; 8 ounces (227 grams), chopped bittersweet chocolate; 2 (8-inch), white cake rounds (see related recipe or use your own); 2/3 cup, raspberry jam or preserves; 1 1/2 cups, vanilla custard, chilled (see related recipe or use your own)

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 2¾ hours, plus 30 minutes chilling

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