I love the R and D end of the business at Achatz Handmade Pie Co. I had just come back from a bike ride and had the urge to put together the Boston cream pies that I had been thinking about for a long time.

Of course, a Boston cream pie is a cake, not a pie, but we still have a lot of customers coming in asking for them. So now instead of saying, “No, we don’t make that,” we’ll say, “Yes, how many do you want?”

The Boston cream pie starts with our tender flaky pie crust, followed by a couple pounds of our homemade pastry cream made with pure butter and real vanilla, and topped with this really awesome delicious yellow cake! Then, my favorite part… a ton of super high fat chocolate ganache poured over top! Ohhh… must ride 10 more miles to burn just one slice of this heavenly pie!