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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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Gotta be moms chocolate chip cookies. Basic toll house recipe with a little twist to make them so fluffy. Good fresh out of the oven or straight from the freezer or heated up just a touch in the mircowave. She usually ends up a couple cookies short cause we steal the dough!
The BEST dessert I have ever had is the one where my 3 children, husband and I all sit around it and just dig in all at once. It doesn’t matter what it is, but that we are together
The best dessert I ever ate was my Grandma Crosley’s Chocolate Cake. Rich, moist, and delicious!
The best dessert I ever had was the chocolate sampler at the Fountain Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. It had half a dozen very small portions – bites, really – of their most famous chocolate desserts. It was better than…well, you know!
That’s a toughie! I had meltingly delicious profiteroles at a restaurant in the Lake District in England. They were blissful!
My aunt may a chocolate cheesecake torte for my mom’s birthday and I think that stands out in my memory as the best dessert I ever ate.
Peach Crisp: in-season, uber ripe peaches with Julia Child’s fruit crisp topping. AAAAmazing
Black Forest Cake (chocolate with cherries) is the current favorite. :)
How fun to read about everyone’s favorite desserts! This book and recipe look great. My favorite dessert would have to be either Pastry-Wrapped pears in vanilla cream sauce or white chocolate lava cake with ice cream and raspberry sauce.
We have a little local/family owned bakery shop here in town that has the freshest donuts ever and I am addicted to their cream filled long johns- Incredible !!
We also have a favorite donut shop when were in Florida called The donut Hole and they have the best mocha chocolate chip muffins Ever!!