Celebrate your 14th of February with these Valentine's day desserts. Over 75 wonderful recipes to choose from whether you want a simple and easy strawberry mousse or an advanced entremets to show off your skills.
It is said that St. Valentine was a priest who lived in Rome in the early third century and is said to have performed marriages for soldiers who were forbidden to marry. Valentine’s Day roughly coincides with a holiday for the Roman god of love, Lupercus. Every February 14th, people celebrate Valentine’s Day. The day is observed with gift-giving, chocolates, and flowers.
While I have 100s of wonderful dessert recipes that would be perfect to celebrate with your Valentine. I decided to pick just 75 for this collection. Almost all of these are simple and easy to make.
Chocolate Covered Strawberry - How to Make
Chocolate covered strawberries are a classic New Year's and Valentine's Day treat. But that doesn't mean they are less than delicious any other day of the year. Did you know that these are super simple and easy to make?
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Chocolate Bonbons
These beautiful chocolate bonbons are made with tempered dark chocolate and filled with a delicious milk chocolate ganache. This easy technique for painted cocoa butter shells is so impressive no one will believe these are homemade.
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Valentine's Day Cake
Fresh strawberries and cream cheese are a classic combination. And these sweet-and-sour flavors work well in this delicious strawberry cream cheese mousse heart dessert. The perfect Valentine's day cake.
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Heart Chocolate Mousse
This heart chocolate mousse is perfect to celebrate a special occasion such as Valentine's Day or anniversary. A classic recipe made with cooked eggs, whipped cream, and good quality chocolate poured into a silicone heart mold.
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Heart Chocolate Terrine
This rich and decadent heart chocolate terrine is the perfect Valentine’s day dessert. It needs only 10 minutes to prep and uses just 6 ingredients most of which are probably already in your pantry. Baked at a low temperature for 40 mins this is soft, creamy and silky smooth.
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Strawberry Red Velvet Cake - Heart Cake
This Valentine's Day, go naked with this strawberry red velvet cake or naked heart cake. Made with an oil-based red velvet cake batter then filled with fresh strawberry cake filling and whipped cream. A light and refreshing cake yet simple and elegant to celebrate this special day.
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Conversation Heart Cake
You don’t need to spend hours over a cake for valentine’s day. Today I share with you a valentine heart cake with easy to follow techniques that are surprisingly simple and easy to follow. Your valentine will think you slaved over this cake for hours
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Valentine Heart Cake
You don’t need to spend hours over a cake for valentine’s day. Today I share with you a valentine heart cake with easy to follow techniques that are surprisingly simple and easy to follow. Your valentine will think you slaved over this cake for hours
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Valentine Heart Pillow Cake Recipe & Tutorial
A pillow cake gives that wonderful warm hugs feeling and making it a red heart cake just makes it perfect for Valentine's Day. You will be surprised how easy this cake is to make. Your valentine will think you slaved all day over it.
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Valentine Heart Macarons - Celebrate with French Macarons
If you love making macarons than you must try these Valentine Heart Macarons. You will be surprised how easy these hearts are to pipe. Nothing like turning your classic strawberry macaron recipe into something more special for someone very special.
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Heart French Toast
Give your classic French toast a speical treat. Celebrate breakfast with your special someone making these easy heart French toasts. A simple and easy recipe that gets done in less than 15 minutes. Perfect for an anniversary, Valentine's Day, or that special someone's birthday.
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Chocolate Mousse Recipe
Mousse is a dessert with a smooth, airy texture and a light, creamy taste. Most mousse recipes are too labor-intensive to make at home, but not this chocolate mousse recipe! Made with cooked eggs, heavy cream, and good quality chocolate. Check it out!!
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Bailey's Chocolate Mousse
Give your classic chocolate mousse a lift with this Bailey's chocolate mousse. Made with homemade Bailey's Irish cream, cooked eggs, and real chocolate this one is rich, creamy, and easy to make.
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Best Strawberry Mousse
This strawberry mousse recipe is the perfect way to celebrate strawberries. Made with fresh or frozen strawberries, whipped cream, and gelatin (or agar-agar) this takes less than 30 minutes to make.
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Best Blackberry Mousse
A blackberry mousse is a great way to enjoy summer berries. Made with fresh or frozen blackberries, whipped cream, and gelatin (or agar-agar) this gets done in less than 30 minutes.
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Creamy Chestnut Mousse Recipe
Add a little glamour to your next batch of mousse with chestnuts. This chestnut mousse is rich, creamy, light, and airy. Made with chestnuts, whipped cream, gelatin (or agar-agar). In addition, I also share with you the vanilla or chocolate variation of this dessert.
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Best Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse
This chocolate cheesecake mousse is the best of both a cheesecake and chocolate mousse in one dessert. In addition, it comes with a cookie crumb that you won't want to miss. The chocolate mousse is a simple and easy recipe with cream cheese added to it. And it takes no more than 10 minutes to prepare. Hence, it's a perfect dessert for Valentine's Day or entertaining guests any time of the year.
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Best Strawberry Mousse Cake
Create this scrumptious strawberry mousse cake using whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Strawberry mousse over a graham cookie crust then topped with fresh strawberries in a jelly. It's probably the easiest dessert you can make and very impressive to entertain.
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Strawberry Mousse Domes with Pastry Cream Insert
These strawberry mousse domes make perfect entremets to serve when you want something elegant and delicious. This simple and easy recipe makes a fresh, light and luscious strawberry mousse with a pastry cream insert, served on a hazelnut crust, topped with a dash of strawberry coulis. A great dessert to show off your dessert skills.
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Chocolate Torte
Here's a recipe for a tender, rich, creamy chocolate torte with a crusty top, simply dusted with powdered sugar. It is a perfect way to top off a dinner party with a fancy dessert.
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
This flourless chocolate cake is the perfect dessert for any occasion. Dense, creamy dark chocolate goodness, almost like a chocolate custard that melts in the mouth. Naturally gluten-free this is an absolute treat.
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Easy Creme Brûlée Recipe
A creme brûlée is a rich decadent baked dessert with cream and egg yolks. It needs only 5 ingredients, 10 minutes to prep, and 30 minutes to bake. A surprisingly simple and easy recipe that looks impressive and elegant. And, this makes it the perfect dessert to entertain.
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Valentine's Butterscotch Cake for Two
A butterscotch cake makes the perfect valentine's day dessert for two. Rich and buttery with the flavor of butterscotch from the dark brown sugar and whipping cream. The best part it takes just 5 minutes to prep and 18 minutes to bake.
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Valentine Chocolate Fudge Cake For Two
Chocolate makes a perfect dessert to celebrate Valentine's Day like these Chocolate Fudge Cake for two. Simple, easy and effortless recipe makes just the right amount for you and your valentine. Bake these ahead to serve room temperature, better yet serve these warm with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.
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Black Forest Cake
Black Forest cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) is a very popular German dessert. It is a sweet chocolate cake soaked in cherry liqueur layered with a cherry filling and whipped cream frosting. This recipe is so easy to make that you can whip up this cake on any given weekend with just a couple of simple ingredients
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Chocolate Ganache Cake
A chocolate ganache cake for a true chocolate lover. Delicious layers of rich chocolate cake frosted with chocolate ganache and chocolate glaze for that ultimate finish. Whether you make this for a birthday celebration or for a simple weekend dinner. This chocolate cake is truly a dessert to be enjoyed guilt-free.
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Creme Caramel - Flan
Creme caramel is a baked custard with a layer of clear caramel. Rich, creamy, with a velvety smooth texture; this is sheer luxury. Often, perceived as a difficult dessert to make, this is actually surprisingly easy with my video tutorial.
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Bavarian Cream Recipe
A classic French dessert that is delicious as it looks. A vanilla Bavarian Cream also called Creme Bavaria or Creme Bavarois is a custard-based dessert made with vanilla pastry cream as a base. Infused with vanilla or liquor then lightened with fresh whipped cream. A simple, easy, yet very impressive dessert that's perfect at any time of the year.
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Strawberry Bavarian Cream
This strawberry Bavarian cream, often called Creme Bavaria or Creme Bavarois, is rich, decadent, and delicious. It's made with pastry cream, whipped cream, and strawberries. A perfect make-ahead dessert to impress family and friends.
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Strawberry Bavarian Cream Cake
Strawberry Bavarian cream cake also known as strawberry Bavarois cake is a perfect entertaining dessert that's very impressive & luxurious. It's made with pastry cream, gelatin, and whipped cream. And then, topped with a strawberry glaze that sets like jello.
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Blackberry Panna Cotta
Summer brings an abundance of wonderful berries, so why not make a classic berry dessert with this blackberry panna cotta. A simple and easy recipe with five ingredients and takes just 10 minutes to prepare. Perfect make-ahead dessert especially when you want to entertain guests.
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Strawberry Panna Cotta
Give your classic Italian dessert a strawberry treat with this elegant strawberry panna cotta. Surprisingly easy to make with just 5 ingredients and 10 minutes to prepare. Perfect make-ahead dessert for entertaining guests or date nights.
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Strawberry Panna Cotta Tart
Give the Italian classic Panna Cotta a strawberry make-over with this Strawberry Panna Cotta tart. Velvety smooth, thick, and creamy in a buttery shortcrust pastry. Perfect for a weekend dessert, special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's day or Mother's day.
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Blackberry Panna Cotta Tart
This blackberry panna cotta tart is a great way to use up blackberries in season. Velvet-like, silky smooth blackberry cream topped with blackberry jello, and chilled in a rich buttery cookie crust. This recipe is simple, easy and perfect to make when you are entertaining family or friends.
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Mango Panna Cotta
Make your next dessert a panna cotta and give it a mango twist. This mango panna cotta is rich, creamy and decadent. It takes only 15 minutes to prepare and can be made up to ahead of time.
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Mini Cheesecakes Raspberry
Cheesecake is always a popular dessert especially these raspberry mini cheesecakes. Rich creamy cheesecake batter baked over buttery graham cracker crust then topped with delicious homemade raspberry filling.
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Mini Cheesecakes - Blackberries
Cheesecakes are the pretty and convenient crown pleasers. These blackberry mini cheesecakes have a classic cream cheese batter baked over graham cracker crust then topped with homemade blackberry filling.
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Mini Cheesecakes - Blueberry
Nothing beats cheesecake for dessert at any time of the year, especially these blueberry mini cheesecakes. Rich classic cream cheese batter baked over graham cracker crust then topped with homemade blueberry filling.
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Mille Feuille - Napoleon
A napoleon or mille-feuille is a classic French pastry with layers of buttery, flaky puff pastry baked until golden and crisp, then filled with alternating layers of pastry cream and whipped cream. Once you learn to make this pastry at home you will never buy it at the patisserie again.
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Strawberry Mille-Feuille
This strawberry Mille-Feuille or Napoleon is a twist on the classic mille-feuille. Made with buttery flaky puff pastry with alternating layers of strawberry pastry cream and whipped cream.
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Maple Mille Feuille - Napoleon
This maple Mille-Feuille, or Napoleon, is a twist on the classic French mille-feuille. Made with layers of golden crisp puff pastry and maple syrup infused pastry cream and whipped cream.
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Salted Chocolate Caramel Tartlets
These chocolate caramel tartlets are perfect bite-size, make-ahead semi-homemade treats. Made with homemade caramel sauce, dark chocolate, and ready-to-use tart shells but you can also make homemade mini tart shells.
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Chocolate Cheesecake Tarts
Adorable mini tarts filled with a rich chocolate cream cheese mixture in a buttery shortcrust pastry. These semi-homemade chocolate cheesecake tarts take only 20 minutes to make. This chocolate cream cheese tart recipe takes advantage of ready-to-use tart shells that cut preparation time by half and make entertaining a breeze
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Cream Cheese Chocolate Mousse Tarts - Mini Tarts
Bite-size mini chocolate tarts make perfect desserts after a meal. These cream cheese chocolate mousse tarts are semi-homemade treats that take no more than 10 minutes to prepare when you use ready-made mini tart shells. Cream cheese based chocolate mousse in a buttery shortcrust tart shell.
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Lemon Cheesecake Tartlets
Adorable lemon cheesecake tartlets are rich lemon-flavored cream cheese mixture made with lemon curd and whipped cream in buttery shortcrust pastry shells. While you can make homemade tart shells yourself using ready-to-use shells make these mini treats ready in just 20 minutes.
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Tartlets
These blueberry cream cheese tartlets are perfect when you need to make a quick fancy dessert. A rich and creamy cheesecake filling in a buttery shortcrust with blueberry filling. While you can make your own shells using ready-to-use makes these in less than 20 minutes.
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Tiramisu Cups
Tiramisu is a deliciously creamy and decadent coffee-flavored Italian dessert. Made with lady finger cookies layered with mascarpone cream. This simple tiramisu recipe is classic and is a hit at all parties. This is my fool-proof recipe that you will enjoy making over and over again.
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Classic Tiramisu Recipe
Tiramisu is a deliciously creamy and decadent coffee-flavored Italian dessert. Made with lady finger cookies layered with mascarpone cream. This simple tiramisu recipe is classic and is a hit at all parties. This is my fool-proof recipe that you will enjoy making over and over again.
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The BEST Skinny Tiramisu EVER
This skinny tiramisu is a rich and elegant dessert, bold in flavors of coffee and liqueur to warm you up in winter. Creamy and light layers of luxury that melt in the mouth make this a perfect crowd-pleasing dessert. The recipe tries to keep it simple, easy, effortless as close to Classic Tiramisu as possible.
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No-Bake Tiramisu Cake
Bring this no-bake tiramisu cake for your next celebration. Tiramisu is a no-bake Italian classic dessert with rich creamy mascarpone cream cheese layered over ladyfinger biscuits dipped in espresso and liquor. These layers of richness are perfect at any time of the year, especially when you want to entertain, because you can make it ahead of time.
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Dark Chocolate Brownies
Brownies are a popular dessert typically made from chocolate, sugar, flour, eggs, and butter. Recipes for chocolate brownies are in plenty. Learn about how to make the BEST EVER chocolate brownies here
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Caramel Brownies
Take your classic chocolate brownies to the next level with these caramel brownies. Made from scratch with homemade caramel sauce, these are the simplest and easiest treats any time of the year.
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Strawberry Chocolate Brownie
A moist chocolate brownie with a swirl of strawberry baked right in! Delicious, chewy, fudgy strawberry chocolate brownies aren't difficult to make with this recipe, which requires only a few basic ingredients.
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Strawberry Moscow Mule
Strawberry Moscow Mules are a fun twist on the classic cocktail. This refreshing cocktail is made with vodka, ginger beer, and lemon juice. This makes a tart and delicious drink, perfect for any time of the year.
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Strawberry Vodka Cocktail
A simple strawberry vodka cocktail can give you a great new way to enjoy a favorite drink. It is a drink that combines strawberry puree, vodka, and citrus juice. This is a more alcoholic version of the strawberry daiquiri, a simple, fruity cocktail
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Cherry Champagne Cocktail
This cherry champagne cocktail is the perfect drink to celebrate. Made with cherry liquor, vodka, and champagne this cocktail is perfect for any special occasion whether it's Christmas or Valentine's day. It takes just five minutes to prepare.
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Strawberry Mojito
Mojitos are a classic Cuban cocktail, and the strawberry mojito has a unique flavor and appearance. This sweet cocktail, made with fresh strawberries and lime, is easy to prepare at home with just a few ingredients.
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Blueberry Mojito
Blueberry in mojitos offers a new way to enjoy your favorite cocktail. The blueberry mojito recipe is an excellent summer drink in which mint, lime, and blueberries combine in a sweet blue cocktail.
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Baileys Chocolate Martini
A martini is by far the most popular drink no matter what the variation. This baileys chocolate martini is thick and creamy made with Irish cream, vodka, a splash of espresso and dash of chocolate. It takes just 5 minutes to make, but so delicious you can’t stop drinking.
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Pink Champagne Cupcakes
These pink champagne cupcakes are baked from scratch using Champagne-reduction and frosted with pink champagne buttercream. Perfect to celebrate a special day be it a birthday, anniversary, mother's day, valentine's day, or wedding day.
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White Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream
These moist white chocolate cupcakes are infused with sweet white chocolate goodness. Light and fluffy with a soft, tender yet flaky crumb. Dressed in a rich soft white chocolate buttercream and sprinkled with white chocolate chips for that added luxury. These are bound to be your new favorites.
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Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Nothing beats rich, moist, light, and airy red velvet cupcakes topped with luxurious no-butter cream cheese frosting. This simple and easy recipe will have you making these cupcakes more often than you planned.
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Mini Pavlovas
Let your next celebration dessert be these individual mini pavlovas. Crisp meringue shells topped with whipped cream and fresh fruits. Today, I am using strawberries and blueberries.
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Best Pavlova Recipe
Crisp outside with a soft marshmallow-like inside is what makes the pavlova so unique. Topped with whipped cream and fresh fruits this naturally gluten-free dessert uses my no-fail recipe and method.
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Strawberry Macarons - French
French macarons are delicate cookies that are often difficult to master. But, not with this recipe. These strawberry macarons are filled with strawberry jam and Swiss meringue buttercream. With my tips and troubleshooting, you got this!
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French Macarons - No-Fail Recipe
These French macarons are crisp almond shells filled with jam and Swiss meringue buttercream. They make perfect tea time treats as well as impressive gifts to family and friends during the holiday season. Using my no-fail recipe this is one you are going to love.
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Eggless Chocolate Mousse
This eggless chocolate mousse is the next best thing to the classic mousse. Made with good quality chocolate, coffee, and whipped cream it is rich, creamy, light, and airy.
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Vegan Chocolate Mousse Recipe
This thick, creamy and delicious vegan chocolate mousse is an absolute treat when you need an indulgent chocolaty treat. Made with real chocolate and coconut cream as a base; this simple, easy and effortless recipe gets done in less than 15 minutes.
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Vegan Mango Mousse
This vegan mango mousse is basically a mango coconut cream mousse made with just four simple ingredients. A simple and easy recipe that’s refreshing and light yet rich and creamy. Whether you use fresh, frozen or canned mangoes this dessert is a treat you can enjoy any time of the year.
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Eggless Vanilla Bavarian Cream
Just because you can't have eggs does not mean you shouldn't be able to enjoy a classic French Bavaria. Made with eggless pastry cream, whipped cream, agar-agar, and strawberries. No one will believe that this is an eggless Bavarian cream.
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The Best Sugar Cookies Recipe
This sugar cookies recipe has a classic taste, crispy texture, and perfect sweetness. This recipe uses less sugar and butter than other recipes, but the end result is a soft, fluffy, tasty sugar cookie that’s just as pleasing to the palate.
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Valentine Sugar Cookies
These marbled sugar cookies are simple, easy and great when you don't want to spend time decorating sugar cookies. These valentine heart cookies are perfect to celebrate Valentine's Day. They look pretty and presentable. And the best part about this recipe is that they are my no chill sugar cookie recipe. So they also do not spread when baking.
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Classic Cheesecake Recipe - Baked
Making your own cheesecake is surprisingly easy. The hardest part is waiting for the thing to chill for a few hours before devouring it. This cheesecake recipe is rich, creamy, and smooth. Baked with cream cheese, sour cream, and eggs over a buttery graham cracker crust.
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Baked Chocolate Cheesecake
This baked chocolate cheesecake is rich, silky smooth, and loaded with chocolate in the batter as well as the glaze. You can use milk, semi-sweet, or dark chocolate cheesecake for the ultimate chocolate experience. Perfect weekend dessert or to entertain family and friends.
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Biscoff Cheesecake Recipe - Baked
This biscoff cheesecake recipe is a caramel-flavored cheesecake. The classic cheesecake batter is enriched with Lotus biscoff spread, which is baked over a biscoff cookie crust and topped with more biscoff glaze. Perfect for any biscoff lover.
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Blueberry Cheesecake - Baked
Top your classic cheesecake with fresh or frozen blueberries in this blueberry cheesecake. A rich, creamy, silky smooth cream cheese batter over graham cracker crust and topped with a delicious sweet blueberry filling. Absolute heaven.
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While I have not chosen any layer cakes in this collection above there are a few that almost beg to be made at this time of the year like my
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And of course, if you like truffles which are not just simple and easy to make but also perfect bite-size pieces to celebrate with your loved one.
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