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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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This looks scrumptious. I will surely bake one for my girlfriends.
The best dessert would have to be my mom’s Coconut Cream Pie, followed by her Lemon Merinque Pie! Miss you, Mom:)
Very hard question to answer! But I would probably have to say chocolate and salted caramel cake. Just amazing!
My mom makes the best Key lime pie. Simple, tart, yet sweet. Yum!
The best dessert I have ever tasted, probably a cheesecake.
I’m a baker by trade, so commenting on the “best” dessert I’ve ever tasted would be hard! Hailing from Scotland, one of my favorite candies is turkish delight. I wanted to recreate that some how in a cake, so I came up with this… A rose infused white cake, with pistachio cream filling, and milk chocolate icing! If I do say so myself, it’s one of the best desserts I’ve ever tasted!
My favorite dessert is my QUICK COCOA CAKE from the SETTLEMENT COOKBOOK. Brings back good memories and is TASTY TOO!
I don’t know if I can pick just one dessert, but one of the best desserts I’ve ever tasted was a pineapple upside down cake that my great-grandma used to make.
I have many but Chocolate Torte is a favorite of mine.
The best recipe I have ever tasted from MBA was your wonderful, delicious and exquisite pumpkin bread. At home everybody loves it, and I have been baking it almos every week. The last pumkin breads have been preparede, as you advised in your post, with nuts and raisin. Simply superb.