Bavarian cream
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Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Bavarian cream is the heaviest of the three. Then comes Boston Cream and last is the custard. The difference is in the number of eggs used with the cornstarch for thickening. Bavarian uses heavy cream, Boston cream uses light cream and custard uses milk. 
Macgyver1968
Senior Cook
Dang it...now I want Boston cream pie 
The donut shops around here all say bav. Cream is the same as custard. Same filling not two different things. Grandma wants a true custard donut and now being told bav. Cream is it when she says its not? Does any one know if they make a true custard or is it all bav. Cream these days? ...thanks
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GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
They are not the same. The fact that some people use the terms incorrectly doesn't mean the definitions have changed. Do some reading here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_cream
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard
There is no way to answer whether "they" all do the same thing without asking them all.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_cream
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard
There is no way to answer whether "they" all do the same thing without asking them all.
Rocket_J_Dawg
Sous Chef
My MIL makes Bavarian Cream the same as the link provided except she adds in a tbsp or two of Asbach brandy.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
It can have different types of alcohol in it. A different spirit would have a different flavor.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
If I said to you, I have a dessert recipe from Bavaria or Vienna, or one from Boston, which one sounds like it may be richer to you? There is a distinct difference between Bavarian Cream and plain custard. The donut shops can call it anything they want to. It doesn't mean it is true. A true Bavarian Crème has alcohol in it. A plain custard doesn't. Which would you feed to your three month old baby? What you find in the donuts is made from a powdered product that the donut shop buys in 50 pound bags. On the outside of the bag the words are very clear. "Powdered Custard Cream Product." It can be mixed with milk or water. I am afraid if you are looking for a true Bavarian Crème doughnut, you will have to go to a very upscale doughnut shop in an expensive shopping mall. Or in the tea room at a Ritz Hotel.
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Yes it would. I laughed so hard when I read that that I started coughing and nearly peed myself.
Rocket_J_Dawg
Sous Chef
In Germany it would occasionally have, depending on the chef, Asbach brandy or Cognac. Depending on where you are in Germany. In north america....its just plain custard most of the time. Not even close.
Worked in Bakeries for years, married a baker...the "Bavarian Creme" in donuts and cakes comes out of the same bag as the custard, sometimes they would add an imitation alcohol flavor to make it a bit different. The only difference is the name printed on the product.
Rocket_J_Dawg
Sous Chef
Thanks for that PF.
One baker, used to mixed extra whipped cream into the custard and called THAT Bavarian Cream.
Rocket_J_Dawg
Sous Chef
Yup, it changes from village to village in the Black Forest. Some even add cream cheese (quark) up in Triberg where all the Kockoo Clocks come from. It differs from town to town.
