User blog:LexiLexi/Why One Chef Hates Desserts in Jars



Perhaps you've had a jar-based dessert--and if so, San Francisco dessert chef Emily Luchetti wants you to know just how much she despises these treats.

Luchetti tells us that when a pie is baked in a jar, it becomes soggy at the bottom, and the fruit filling ends up cooking faster than the crust. She also says it's just plain impractical, having to go to the edge of the jar to get the outer crust.

More than anything, she hates cupcakes baked into jars. "This is just plain dumb," she says, reminding us that in order to fill the jar, there needs to be about 2 1/2 inches of frosting which makes it impossible to eat the actual cake part of the cupcake.

What do you think? Are desserts in jars cute, or just annoying?

Source: Insidescoopsf.sfgate.com