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If you follow me on Instagram, you may remember me posting a piece of flourless chocolate cake while dining at The Capital Grille. After one bite, I was smitten with the rich, dense espresso infused chocolate cake.
When Shaina’s debut cookbook, Desserts in Jars arrived on my doorstep, I immediately honed in on page 35 – Flourless Chocolate Cakes, beautifully photographed in my favorite Weck jars. Shaina described her Flourless Chocolate Cakes as little brownies with crunchy tops and that’s exactly what they taste like. Pure chocolate perfection in an adorable glass jar.
[pinit] In you visit MBA on a regular basis, you know how much I love baking and presenting desserts in jars, so naturally, I was incredibly excited about Shaina’s cookbook. Desserts in Jars contains 50 gorgeous recipes including cakes, pies, puddings, frozen desserts and even a variety of mixes that are perfect for giving.
Shaina expertly walks you through the process of choosing, filling, baking and even adorning your jars with printable tags, so they’re ready for a casual backyard barbecue or a fancy holiday party. And after hanging out with Shaina in NYC, I must say, Desserts in Jars is an accurate representation of the awesomeness that is Shaina.
Flourless Chocolate Cakes
Ingredients:
Oil for greasing the jars
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate
4 tablespoons (½ stick)unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs, separated
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
fresh raspberries for garnish
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease fourteen 8-ounce jars. In a double boiler over simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter until smooth. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
2. In a stand mixer, beat together the granulated sugar and egg yolks until thick and creamy. Mix ¼ cup of the melted chocolate and butter into the egg yolks. Continuing to mix, slowly pour the remaining melted chocolate mixture into the egg yolks until all is incorporated. Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture.
3. Spoon 4 to 5 tablespoons of the cake batter into each greased jar. Place the jars 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the tops of the cakes start to crack. Remove from the oven and let the jars cool. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature. If desired, garnish with fresh raspberries.
Notes:
- This recipe works well when cut in half.
- Jars seen in the photos are Weck Mini Mold Jars #976-165
Source: Desserts in Jars by Shaina Olmanson
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My favorite dessert is chocolate cake with raspberry filling. ..or cherry filling…or peanutbutter filling…
It would have to be this mile-high frozen pie I had at a restaurant…coffee ice cream, chocolate, oreos, caramel, etc. Heaven!
Molten Chocolate Cake! Anything really decadent and not overpoweringly sweet. Yum!
The best dessert I had was a slice of cheesecake from the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. I still remember that first bite, so good.
First, let me just say your flourless chocolate cakes look beautiful! I love the jar presentation.
Now the best, most wonderful, most perfectly scrumptious dessert I have ever had was the treacle spong pudding cake I had at a little restaurant in England a few months ago. It was warm and sticky and golden and sweet and just pure bliss. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven as I was eating it. It was simply the best. Now I wish I had some right now. :/
my mom’s blackberry pie! it is so amazing!
The BEST dessert I ever tasted????? Key Lime Cake with nuts because is the perfect combo of sweet and tart!
I had a blueberry pie in Maine that was to die for! Sometimes I still dream about it….
Tres leches from churrasco’s. It is absolutely delicious!
These look amazing! My favorite dessert ever is my mom’s version of death by chocolate, a “chocolate caramel killer cake” that is lethal even in small doses.