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Taiwanese Boston Cream Donuts

I know, I know, the title didn't make any sense.  It's the best way to describe this supposedly tasted better when cooled in the fridge bun.


The dough is baked, not fried.  The cream is fluffy with 1/3 whipped cream, not as dense as Boston cream.  There is also no chocolate icing on top.  😨 I am very sorry to disappoint you.

Since I have so much luck baking with 宗辰的職人日誌, I decided to do it again.  I love watching his YouTube videos because the baking goods reminiscence of what I saw and had in bakery shops back when I was young.  

This "Taiwanese Boston Cream Donuts" is an exception though.  I have never had it before.  I decided to try because there is a play date soon.  Play dates are wonderful opportunities to bake, since everyone shares, and we won't be stock with ten thousands buns.  😒 Nothing tastes good after you have too many.  Note I made 36 little buns (yes... 36!), by doubling the sweet dough recipe.  😳 Believe me, even after I doubled the recipe, I am still left with a lot of fillings.  😌 Looking at the picture above, I did fill up the bun reasonably...


Here is a repeat of "my dough", which is double of the original recipe shown in YouTube with a slight modification.

MY DOUGH             麵團 🍞  

bread flour          高粉          500 g
sugar                  細砂          80 g
salt 鹽巴          6 g
milk                   牛奶          300 g
egg               蛋黃          1
active yeast         酵母     5g    
non-salt butter     無鹽奶油    60 g

About custard filling.  This time, 宗辰師傅 - Zhong Chen Shifu did a wonderful, wonderful job in the description, with both Chinese & English.  Below is a cut & paste.  😶 Should I put quote around it?

食材配方 🍞 ===== 卡式達餡 ===== 細砂糖 100g……① 蛋黃 75g……① 玉米澱粉 30g……① 鮮奶 400g……② 鮮奶油 100g……② ===== 冰餡料 ===== 動鮮 300g (需打發) 原味：卡式達餡235g+動鮮100g 抹茶：卡式達餡235g+抹茶3g+動鮮100g 巧克力：卡式達餡235g+巧克力40g+動鮮100g ===== Custard filling ===== Sugar 100g……① Egg Yolks 75g……① Corn Flour/Starch 30g……① Fresh Milk 400g……② Whipping Cream 100g……② ===== Chilled Filling ===== Whipping Cream 300g (Need to be whipped) Original：Custard 235g + Whipped Cream 100g Matcha：Custard 235g+ Matcha Powder 3g+ Whipped Cream 100g Chocolate：Custard 235g+ Chocolate 40g+ Whipped Cream 100g

To be honest, it's one of my worst experience trying to fill up these little buns.  It's not as easy as it seems.  A couple of disposable piping bags got busted and required clean up.  I also forgot to mix in the whipped cream (the "2" label) and only realized it after I put "1" in the piping bags.  😱  What a mess!

No whipped cream...


With whipped cream...

😂 I am so stuffed eating failure buns...  Would I make it again?  I would if the kids like them (😦... plus I still have a lot of filling).  But I will however, cut the buns open and pipe in the cream instead of poking a hole and fill it.


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