The 10 Best Valentine’s Day Recipes 2022; a roundup of the most delicious and festive treats for you and your lover this February!
Cooking or baking to impress this Valentine’s Day? Or just fancy something tasty to treat yourself at home? Sorted.
This collection of the 10 best Valentine’s Day recipes from over the years here at Maverick Baking will provide ideas for beginner, intermediate, or expert bakers. From simple but stunning cookies, to banging breakfasts, to impressive layered cakes, it’s all covered.
Find some inspiration for chocolate lovers, for red-and-pink delights, for whatever you fancy!
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1. Valentine’s Day Chocolate Fondue Dessert Platter
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Fondue Dessert Platter; melting bowls of creamy chocolate with a lavish layout of fruits, nibbles and treats.
If your schedule or budget is keeping you at home this Valentine’s Day, this platter will make sure you’re not missing out on anything. Complete with a full spread of soft and crunchy sweet treats to drench and devour with chocolate, you’ll get the full sharing dessert experience with minimal effort!
2. Strawberry Milkshake Pancakes
Strawberry Milkshake Pancakes; fluffy pastel pink pancakes with strawberries and sweet milkshake sauce.
For the morning after the night before. Should you need a delicious breakfast-to-impress for two, these pancakes are a great choice. Charming shades of pinks, and layers of sweet flavours, ready in just a few minutes for you (and whoever else is in your bed).
3. Lindt Lindor Brownies
Melting Lindt Lindor Brownies; rich, moist, velvety brownies made with creamy Lindt chocolate, and studded with melting orbs of Lindt Lindor truffles.
One for the chocolate lovers. Boxes of chocolates are wonderful treats to share, but even better when baked into something extra delicious. These take a wee while to bake, but are worth every minute when it’s time to tuck into these together.
4. Biscoff Raspberry Cheesecake
Biscoff Raspberry Cheesecake; creamy cheesecake swirled with sweet Biscoff spread and studded with tangy raspberries, sat on a buttery Biscoff biscuit base.
If you don’t have an oven to bake with this Valentine’s Day, or you’re just not one for using it, don’t fret. No-bake cheesecakes are always a welcome dessert, even if it’s still cold outside. Creamy yet refreshing, and a pretty centrepiece to share for a few delicious days.
5. Cherry Almond Galette
Cherry Almond Galette; fresh juicy red cherries with toasted flaked almonds enveloped in crisp buttery shortcrust pastry.
This is an ideal recipe for pastry-lovers who aren’t equipped with tart-tins or fancy moulds. You can still create a stunning dessert without the fancy equipment. Galettes make great use of fresh or frozen fruit and a shabby-chic pastry method. This one in particular gives you gorgeous shades of festive pinks and reds to serve up to whoever you’re trying to impress this Valentine’s Day!
6. Red Velvet Cookies
Red Velvet Cookies; ruby red cookies with crisp edges, chewy centres and loads of creamy white chocolate chips!
A perfect beginners’ recipe for cookie-lovers or the lovers of cookie-lovers. You can make this dough in advance and bake it whenever you’d like a batch of fresh, delicious, festive cookies to serve up and share.
7. Raspberry Marshmallow Cake
Raspberry Marshmallow Cake; layers of vanilla cake with fresh raspberries, Swiss meringue buttercream and melting pink marshmallows.
Though a more advanced recipe, this is a challenge worth taking on. The layers of fluffy cake and feather-light frosting make this a truly irresistible cake. Splatters of hot pink from the raspberries make this feel like a perfect Valentine’s treat, and you’ll be able to enjoy this together for days!
8. Winter Berry Crumble
Winter Berry Crumble; a deep blend of warm juicy berries under a cinnamon and ginger scented chunky oat crumble.
Sweet, tangy, wholesome, and perfect in cold weather, this crumble is a great dessert recipe to have to hand. You can share this for breakfast, an afternoon treat, or a warming dessert as part of a romantic dinner.
9. Birramisu
Birramisu; a light Italian-style dessert made with layers of creamy zabaglione and beer-dunked sweet savoiardi.
The perfect pick-me-up for Valentine’s Day. This fresh spin on the classic Tiramisu is both light and satisfying for you and your partner after a delicious meal. You won’t need any fancy equipment, and won’t even need an oven. Whip these the day before your dinner to enjoy a relaxing low-effort dessert together!
10. Red Velvet Cake
Best Ever Red Velvet Cake; simply the best recipe for the most moist and fluffy ruby red light chocolate cake with sweet cream cheese icing!
A classic recipe on Maverick Baking and beyond, red velvet cakes are always showstoppers, and this one is the best. This chocolate-vanilla dream is a winner for all kinds of dessert lovers. Enjoy it as an afternoon teatime treat or an after-dinner pud, in all it’s festive ruby-red glory.
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I hope you find some edible inspiration from today’s compilation, and I hope you enjoy these Valentine’s Day recipes as much as we have!
