National Bavarian Cream Pie Day in USA

This day gives recognition to Bavarian cream pie – everyone’s favorite pastry dessert. Bavarian cream is a classic dessert that was included in the repertoire of chef Marie-Antoine Carême, who is sometimes credited with it. It was named in the early 19th century for Bavaria or, perhaps more likely in the history of haute cuisine, for a particularly distinguished visiting Bavarian, such as a Wittelsbach.

Pastry cream is not the same as Bavarian cream. Pastry cream uses different ingredients such as butter, cornstarch and milk instead of gelatin, heavy cream, and egg yolks. Like Bavarian cream, you can use pastry cream to stuff desserts, cakes, and donuts.

Bavarian cream is believed to have been around since the middle ages. Its origin is believed to have been during the 17th and 18th century when French chefs cooked for the Wittelsbach princes, a German family that ruled Bavaria from the 12th century until 1918.