Valentine's Day Recipes

Strawberry Cake. There is no artificial colouring or flavouring used to get the beautiful pink hues in this delicious, made from scratch, strawberry cake.

Best Chocolate Cake Recipes. 20 of our very best chocolate cakes from over a decade of recipe testing. From Strawberry Black Forest Cake to Chocolate and Caramel Coffee Cake, there’s something for the chocolate lover in everyone.

Easy Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cake. A dark chocolate, one bowl cake, filled with raspberries and raspberry infused buttercream frosting, then covered in rich chocolate raspberry truffle glaze.

Blueberry Cream Puffs. An easy, luscious blueberry compote is swirled into vanilla whipped cream and liberally stuffed into crispy choux pastry shells.

Strawberries & Cream Bread Pudding. An old fashioned, comfort food classic with a delicious summer twist, during strawberry season and beyond. Originally published Feb 2011. Regular readers of this blog will know that Spouse has a great fondness for bread pudding. With Valentine’s Day falling this week, I couldn’t think of a better dessert than …

Strawberry Balsamic Chutney and Goat Cheese Bruschetta. An unusually delicious combination of flavours that’s bound to surprise and delight at any party.

Watermelon Sangria Slush. An easy economical, refreshing and festive cocktail idea that’s great for every occasion from Holiday parties to summer barbecues.

Strawberry Chocolate Truffle Tart. An easy to make but elegant classic chocolate tart with a chocolate pastry crust and topped with fresh strawberries.

A real old fashioned version of a Vanilla Custard Pie just like Grandma used to make. Top with fresh raspberries or any fresh berries or fruit of your choice.

Jam Filled Vanilla Buttercream Cupcakes. Beautifully tender vanilla cupcakes with jam filled centres and topped with creamy vanilla buttercream frosting.