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Red Velvet Cake In A Jar is a whole new way to enjoy red velvet cake! Made with strawberry cream cheese frosting, these mini desserts are portable, giftable, and adorable!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Velvet Cake In A Jar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Valentine’s Day gift-giving is usually “diamonds” this and “bouquet of red roses” that. Which is all well and good, if you live in a romantic comedy, but those of us in the real world probably don’t have the coin—or the desire—to gift our nearest and dearest with honkin’ gemstones or the world’s most overpriced flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But who needs those cliches anyway? This Valentine’s Day, I think we should bake our way into their hearts. After all, as the saying goes, cake is a girl’s best friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ll be gifting these mini Red Velvet Cake Jars this Valentine’s Day, and not to toot my own horn, but they’re basically the perfect gift for anyone<\/em>. They’re red and pink, which makes them adorably holiday themed and appropriate for loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they’re not intimate or personal, so you can give them to your kid’s teacher or your office mates without any sort of weird romantic overtones. (Maybe leave off the heart-shaped decorations if you’re going for a totally platonic vibe.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only people they’re not good for are the folks who don’t eat dessert, but when you think about it, are sugar-shunners really<\/em> a good influence in your life? Choose your friends wisely, is all I’m saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Serve Cake in a Jar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No doubt, making a sheet cake is easier than assembling small jars of cake and frosting. So why go to the trouble?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cake in a jar is portable, giftable, and adorable.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Yes, we hit the dessert trifecta with this one! It makes a great gift, you can take it anywhere (picnics, anyone?), and is there really anything cuter than miniature desserts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve seen lots of other cake-in-a-jar recipes, but many of them involve baking the cake in glass jars, then putting frosting on top. This concept of layering cut slices of cake and frosting was so much more appealing to me, because you can control how much cake (and how much frosting, om nom nom!) you put in the jar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For frosting-lovers like myself, cake in a jar is basically the best invention since sliced bread. Wait, never mind, cake in a jar is WAY BETTER than boring sliced bread. It’s equal parts cake and frosting, which in my mind is the ideal ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wanted to make these jars a little extra special, so instead of regular cream cheese frosting, I made strawberry rose cream cheese frosting<\/strong>. It’s fruity, with a delicate floral flavor that is so delicious with the tangy cream cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strawberry powder gives the frosting a strong, tangy berry flavor and that lovely pink color, no food coloring required! (But, uh, there’s plenty of food coloring in the red velvet cake, so let’s not pat ourselves on the back too hard just yet.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cake in a Jar Supplies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let’s talk supplies<\/strong>! I got my jars at The Container Store (love that place!), but there are lots of options on Amazon as well, and I’ve linked one example below. You can also use decorative cups or ramekins if you won’t be transporting them and don’t need a lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I experimented with making two different sizes: 2-ounce jars and 4-ounce jars. I expected I’d like the bigger size better (because bigger is always better, right?) but I surprised myself by preferring the smaller size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little 2-ounce jars are the perfect single serving for quenching that sweet tooth! If you do 4-ounce jars you can get about 12 jars from the recipe, but if you do the smaller jars you can get about 20, which means more for gifting, and more for eating yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the pictures, I filled some of the jars up past the top, but of course for gifting you’ll want to give yourself some space to screw the lid on top. The jars can be topped with heart candies, gummies, or just Valentine’s sprinkles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unlike cupcakes or even cake slices, cake in a jar doesn’t go stale very quickly, thanks to all that frosting between the cake layers and the jar’s airtight lid. So this is a GREAT choice for a make-ahead dessert. My guess is that they can last at least a week, probably closer to 2, in the refrigerator, but to be honest, ours didn’t last that long. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

💓More Red Velvet Cake Recipes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n