Looking for an easy dessert that you can make for you and your sweetheart? I’ve definitely got you covered with this 5 ingredient dessert chocolate cake for two!
With Valentine’s day right around the corner, I thought it only fitting that this week’s Five Ingredient Friday is a rich and decadent dessert. There’s just something about chocolate desserts that makes them romantic.
This chocolate cake for two recipe is not only great because it makes dessert for just the two of you, but because it can be baked and served in a jar! And although the title “5 ingredient chocolate cake in a jar for two in a jar” is a little long, it totally applies. Cake and desserts in jars are always so fun!!
Ok, so lets talk jars, shall we? I happen to have some .5 liter Weck glass jars because I love the looks of them because they photograph really well, but they’re also really useful because they can be used when canning or making quick pickles (like these quick pickled vegetables I’ve been dying to make again!) I also have a bunch of 16oz Mason jars that I love using for smoothies (like for this 5 ingredient green power smoothie or this soothing shake).
I have used both Weck and Mason jars for this recipe, both work great! Weck jars do tend to be a little bit more expensive and harder to find (one usually has to purchase them online, like here) whereas Mason jars are seemingly everywhere these days. Both can be used in this recipe, it’s a personal preference, and what you have around the house. If you have little springform pans (I would use 2 4-inch ones -like the ones I used in this coconut cream fruit tarts dessert) you could use those as well!
What do you do for Valentines day? Usually my hubby makes us steak for dinner, but the smell of cooking meat is a no go around my house these days because of being preggo, so instead of trying to cook at home, we’re going to one of our very favorite supper clubs (where they have this green goddess dip and relish tray I plan to eat all of) and I’ll more than likely be enjoying seafood, because that’s what i’m really digging right now. But for dessert? For dessert we will be having this 5 ingredient chocolate cake for two, it’s SO good.
For baking you can use either:
The chocolate cake is very rich, yet light at the same time. It’s sweet, but not to sweet, and when topped with berries and cream, it’s the perfect balance of sweet and tart. I know you’ll love it, and happy Valentines day to you!
5 Ingredient Dessert - Chocolate Cake for Two
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
2, .5 Liter Weck Jars
2, 16 oz Mason Jars
2, 4 inch springform pans
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My dogs are going to be my valentines this year since my husband will be out of town on business. Better luck next year!
Haha, that’s so cute that your dogs are going to be your valentines!! Happy Valentines day!
Nothing too crazy this year. Snuggle times with our 16 month old, a home cooked meal, and then an early bed. Simple, but perfect.
Awwww, snuggle time sounds so fun, we have a baby on the way so that’s what i’ll be doing this time next year 🙂 Hope you have an amazing day!
Dinner & a movie, but probably another night so it’s more intimate.
I love dinner and a movie nights, hope you have a wonderful valentines day!
Our Valentine’s Day plans are to pick up a bunch of seafood and make big seafood plates at home, kind of like Joe’s Crab Shack pots, and then watch a movie. With a father in law living with us from his stroke and an 11 yesr old, it’s pretty hard to get out much.
The seafood dinner sounds super special, hope you have a fantastic valentines day!
We’re going to keep it low key and have heart shaped pizza and something chocolatey for dessert!
Awwww, that’s such an adorable menu, I love low key holidays 🙂
This looks tasty! My husband and I work opposite schedules on Valentine’s Day, so we aren’t celebrating the day of. Instead, we went to see the Batman Lego movie today for our semi-Valentine’s date.
We saw the Batman Lego movie this weekend, it was so cute! I hope you have an awesome date night when your schedules line up 🙂
We’ll be making cookies with the kids help this year! Will be messy but fun!
Aww, that sounds like such a fun activity!
Yummy! We always like trying out chocolate cakes/mousse/brownies/muffins/etc.etc.etc.:):):) We don’t celebrate Valentine’s ourselves (it’s something that came to Greece in the 90s and we grew up without it in the 80s), but we can definitely appreciate such a delicious treat! Thanx so much sweetie!
Sending you lots of love,
Mirella and Panos
Chocolate cakes/mousse/brownies are the best…chocolate everything 🙂 Thank you so much for commenting!
It’s like you read my mind for Valentine’s day this year… I need something decadent, but also fast and easy. Beautiful post!
Thank you so much, hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
I have been married for 41 years. When we dated he got my a Valentine’s Day card. Haven’t got one since. I love movies and would love to see one
Thank you for commenting, hope you get to see a movie soon 🙂
Perfect for Valentines Day! Yum! I hope you have a wonderful time out tonight. We will be staying home – it’s a school night. I’ll make a special dinner for us all to enjoy and a yummy dessert.
I know how hard it is for holidays to fall on school nights (or work nights). We went out early and were home by 7 lol! Hope you had a lovely day.
This. Sounds. Amazing.
Yum!
Thank you so much 🙂
This looks and sounds great. I wanted to pin it and share on Facebook and did not see the option to do that?
Hi Mary, thank you so much for your comment and pointing out that that option was missing. I have added it now, so at the top and bottom of every post, you have the option to pin in-share it on facebook or tweet it. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!!!