Chocolate Cake Baked In A Jar

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, plus
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 pre-wash (8 pint-sized wide mouth canning jars) canning jars (be sure to use the kind that have no shoulders) in hot, soapy water.
• 3 rinse well, dry and let them come to room temperature.
• 4 grease insides of jar well.
• 5 beat together butter and half of sugar until fluffy.
• 6 add eggs and remaining sugar, vanilla and applesauce.
• 7 sift dry ingredients together and add to the applesauce mixture a little at a time: beat well after each addition.
• 8 pour one cup of batter into each jar and carefully remove any batter from the rims.
• 9 place jars in a preheated 325° oven and bake for 40 minutes.
• 10 while cakes are baking, bring a saucepan of water to a boil and carefully add jar lids.
• 11 remove pan from heat and keep lids hot until ready to use.
• 12 when the cakes have finished baking, remove jars from oven.
• 13 make sure jar rims are clean.
• 14 (if they're not, jars will not seal correctly) place lids on jars, and screw rings on tightly.
• 15 jars will seal as they cool.
• 16 cakes will slide right out when ready to serve.
• 17 unsealed jars should be stored in the refrigerator and eaten within 2 weeks.
• 18 sealed jars may be stored with other canned food or placed in a freezer.
• 19 do not place hot jars in freezer!
• 20 the cake is safe to eat as long as the jar remains vacuum-sealed and free from mold.
• 21 to enjoy the best flavor, try to eat all canned cakes within 6 months.