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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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474 Comments

  1. Kari says:

    The best dessert I’ve tasted is a chocolate souffle from a local restaurant in Louisiana where I’m from. It is possibly the only reason I will go to the restaurant. It is so good! It is so rich and light and yummy!!!! If I could get the exact recipe, I might make it pretty often! :)

  2. Linda W. says:

    My favorite dessert is Roy’s chocolate souffle and we finally have the recipe :)

  3. Teresa Gill says:

    The best dessert I have ever had was mama’s choclate syrup cake!!! YUMMY

  4. Lisa Smith says:

    The best dessert I’ve ever had was a french chocolate pie! It makes my mouth water just thinking about it!

  5. Jody says:

    The best dessert I’ve had is a homemade German Chocolate Cake made by my mom for my birthday.

  6. Sara says:

    I Love Flourless Chocolate Cake, and have been making it for years, but then I still Love Tunnel of Fudge cake too. My all time favorite dessert is Coco Mouche. I make it every Christmas.

  7. Martha says:

    Entertaining two divine artist, friends of my artist husband. I’ll show them what artistry is. Thanks heaps for this secret weapon.

  8. Tina Clark says:

    Jars + Desserts – two of my favorite things!! As for the most delicious dessert I ever had – that’s really hard to say – but I do vividly remember a Sticky Toffee Pudding I had in Scotland. Pure heaven on a fork! I’v had nothing like it since – and that was 10 years ago!

  9. Jeanie Eyraud says:

    my best dessert ever has to be the chocolate cake with white icing my mom used to make when i was growing up, nothing has ever tasted that good

  10. Meghan says:

    The sticky toffee pudding at the restaurant where my boyfriend works. The name doesn’t do it justice! Amazing.