Description
A joyful, layered dessert in a jar featuring chocolate chip cake, tangy passion fruit curd, crunchy chocolate crumbs, and silky coffee frosting. Perfect for gifting, freezing, or treating yourself.
Ingredients
Cake Layer:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canola oil
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp kosher salt
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Passion Fruit Curd:
1/2 cup passion fruit purée
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp powdered gelatin
3/4 cup cold butter, cubed
1/2 tsp kosher salt
Chocolate Crumbs:
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp cornstarch
3 tbsp melted butter
Coffee Frosting:
1 cup butter (room temperature)
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup whole milk
1 1/2 tsp instant espresso powder
1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
Bake Cake: Prepare and bake chocolate chip cake in a 9×13-inch pan. Cool completely.
Make Curd: Blend purée, sugar, and eggs. Heat, then mix in gelatin and butter. Chill.
Prepare Crumbs: Mix dry ingredients, add butter, form clusters, and bake. Cool completely.
Make Frosting: Whip butter and sugar, slowly add coffee milk, beat until fluffy and glossy.
Assemble Jars: Layer cake, curd, crumbs, frosting. Repeat.
Freeze: Cover and freeze for at least 12 hours. Thaw before serving.
Notes
Nutrition values are approximate and may vary based on ingredient brands or substitutions.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Cakes Recipes
- Method: Baking, Layering, Freezing (Jar Assembly)
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cake
- Calories: 510
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 270mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 17g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0.3g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 105mg