Valentine's Day Recipes

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 Custard Cream Puffs. Light choux pastry shells filled with a combination of homemade custard and whipped cream plus sliced strawberries and topped by an easy to make chocolate glaze.

Strawberry Mille Feuille Ice Cream Cake. Chapman’s Strawberry Ice Cream takes centre stage in this easy, make ahead, ice cream and pastry treat that’s perfect for summer.

Chocolate Pavlova Layer Cake. A collision of chocolate flavours and textures in one incredibly delicious celebration cake.

Strawberry Mascarpone Cream Cake. No artificial colours or flavours are used in this beautiful celebration cake perfect for birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or any other special occasion.

Profiterole Swans with Chantilly Cream and Raspberries. An old fashioned throwback presentation of cream puffs or profiteroles from decades ago. Great for Valentines Day or even bridal shower and wedding dessert buffets. Now wouldn’t these profiterole swans make a pretty end to your Valentines Day dinner? I saw this idea several years ago in an …

Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Shortcake. A very special celebration cake featuring a raspberry swirl cheesecake atop a butter scratch cake, all covered in luscious vanilla whipped cream. We were celebrating the birthday of a friend recently and I wanted to include two favourite things in an idea for a new cake recipe. Those, of course are …