Jake Sternquist
Sweeten your Valentine’s Day with a scrumptious, romantic, or heart-shape dessert recipe.
Red Velvet Cheesecake Bars
These beautiful red velvet bars are the perfectValentine’s Day treat.
Be sure to add a generous drizzle of chocolate over the yummy cheesecake filling.
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Make-Ahead Tip:Bake and freeze this easy dessert up to three months before serving.
Thefruit dessertis topped with spoonfuls of sweet biscuit dough that turn golden brown when baked.
For variety, replace the cherries with blueberries, peaches, or apples.
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Tres Leches Cake
This Valentine’s Day cake recipe is a total showstopper.
Layer our rich vanilla cake with piles of whipped cream and fresh strawberry sauce.
Don’t skimp on the decadent homemade chocolate ganache drizzle.
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Nonpareils and edible glitter give them an extra holiday-ready touch.
Brownie Pudding Cake
This decadent chocolate dessert is the perfect combination of tender cake and fudgy chocolate.
Coffee or vanilla ice cream and sliced strawberries complete the indulgent chocolate Valentine’s Day dessert.
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Jelly Doughnut Cake
Take a love of doughnuts to the next level.
Layers of cream filling and ruby red jam between soft yellow cake mimic your sweetheart’s favorite breakfast treat.
Conversation Heart Cut-Out Cookies
Homemade sugar cookies are so much better than candy.
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Customize your batch with names, sweet notes, or funny sayings.
Package them up for a deliciousedible Valentine’s Day gift.
Test Kitchen Tip:We used cookie imprinting stamps to create the phrases.
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Top off each slice with pile of fresh raspberries.
Tint the sweet almond buttercream pink for the perfect nod to Valentine’s Day.
It features layers of shortbread, buttery caramel, and chocolate.
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A sprinkle of flaky salt is the perfect finishing touch.
Black Forest Dump Cake
Jason Donnelly.
Food Styling: Annie Probst.
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It starts with a can of cherry pie filling and a box of devil’s food cake mix.
you’re able to have the whole cake done with just 10 minutes of prep.
Schaum Torte
Jason Donnelly
Thisfluffy meringue and cream cakehas earned raves since we published the recipe.
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Instead of raspberries, I opted for strawberries because thats what my grandma would have done."
Deviled Strawberries
Try something other thanchocolate-covered strawberriesthis year!
Here, strawberry halves are topped with a cheesecake-inspired filling.
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Decorate them with crushed cookies, sprinkles, or chocolate.
Fresh raspberry cake is filled with fluffy lemon cream and decorated with sprinkles.
Strawberry Hand Pies
There’s more to pie than the slice.
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These pretty hand pies are the perfect way to indulge without having to share.
We think they’re best filled with a homemade strawberry filling or chocolate hazelnut spread.
Coffee Panna Cottas
There’s coffee flavor throughout this Valentine’s dessert idea.
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Start with a dark roast coffee panna cotta and finish with an espressowhipped cream.
Crushed chocolate-covered espresso beans add even more texture and flavor.
The easy dessert serves 24, and starts with a box of whitecake mix.
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Family friendly cake!"
Each bite is the perfect combination of fresh strawberries, cheesecake cream, andgraham cracker crust.
Thismillion dollar recipeis made with soft sugar cookies and an almond buttercream frosting.
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Decorate the cookies with heart sprinkles for the perfect Valentine’s Day touch.
Chocolate Cherry Cola Cake
Blaine Moats
Whip up this 3-ingredient dessert in minutes.
As one BHG home cook raves, “This is so simple and my kids love it.
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I haven’t tried it yet, but want to swap in different cake mix flavors and pie fillings.
I think it would work well.”
Strawberry Crunch Cake
Our recipe tasters couldn’t stop eating thisstrawberry dessert.
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Make it ahead and add the crunchy topper just before serving.
It’s the perfect pink dessert for Valentine’s Day.
Conversation Heart Cupcakes
Top thesehomemade vanilla cupcakeswith colorful butter frosting and letter-shaped sprinkles.
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Want to try another flavor?
We’re also sharing recipe variations for coconut and strawberry cupcakes.
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