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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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Wow, that’s a tough one since I’m all about desserts. There’s nothing like my warm freshly baked chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven. Then, my favorite fancy dessert is the Grand Marnier Cheesecake from Salty’s Restaurant in Seattle. It’s decadent a delicious and not at all like your average slice of cheesecake.
I had the best tiramseu here at a local restaurant. They family came from Italy and had passed the receipe down. It was served in a brandy type glass!
The best dessert I have ever tasted was a white chocolate raspberry cake. It was fabulous as the top tier of our wedding cake and as a purse cake for my cousin’s bridal shower.
The best dessert I have had is an array of different of creme brule’s at the resturant Purple in Seattle. Yum
I think my favorite dessert was when I was in Bulgaria. I had this amazing cake, it had 4 or 5 layers of cake with this wonderful frosting that was not to sweet (I don’t like really sweet desserts). It was the best thing I’ve had. Of course, in the states I can’t seem to find anything like it. Guess I’ll have to go back to Bulgaria.
The best dessert I’ve ever tasted….ugh, that’s so hard! But the most recent best dessert I’ve tasted is slutty brownies! So good!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!
We love cake batter ANYTHING. Mostly cake batter milkshakes. They are my absolute favorite dessert!
Tiramisu my friends and I experimented making. Nothing tastes better than something you’ve made yourself, or with friends!
The salted caramel budino at Barbuzzo in Philly suspends all thought and word after the first bite. It’s perfection in a jar!
Perfect. Chewy brownies is my favorite dessert.