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  4. 14 Valentine’s Day Desserts That Will Make Your Meal Special

14 Valentine’s Day Desserts That Will Make Your Meal Special

By Food & Wine
January 29, 2021
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If you ask us, a homemade Valentine’s Day dinner is just as romantic, if not more so, than spending the night out. And an impressive dinner calls for an equally impressive dessert. Chocolate is a classic option, of course—you could try preparing a simple, creamy mousse, or whipping up a miso chocolate tart that has the perfect balance of salty and sweet. Or, make the most of wintry citrus with dishes like a lemon curd tart or honey cake with citrus frosting. Whatever you choose, it’ll add an extra-special touch to your night.

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Miso Chocolate Tart with Black Sesame–Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust

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This dreamy tart uses a touch of white miso to balance out dark chocolate in its filling, resulting in a wonderfully rich, not-too-sweet dessert.

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Dulce de Leche Cheesecake

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Marcela Valladolid’s gorgeous cheesecake is marbled with dulce de leche and finished with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.

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Honey Cake with Citrus Frosting

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This tender, light honey cake, laced with hints of coffee and orange juice, is perfect with a cup of tea.

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Creamy Peanut Butter Pie

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This delicious whipped-cream-topped peanut butter pie offers the perfect balance of sweet and salty flavors.

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Ultimate Chocolate Mousse

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The key to this recipe (one of our 40 Best) is to use the very best semisweet dark chocolate you can find. The better the chocolate, the better the mousse.

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Grand Marnier Soufflé

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Another recipe from our 40 Best collection, this timeless soufflé from Jacques Pépin takes just over an hour to make.

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Milk-Chocolate Pots de Crème

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Pot de crème ("pot of cream") is a traditional French custard typically served in a pot-shaped cup. This milk-chocolate version from pastry chef Frank Urso is super-silky and dense.

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Lemon Curd Tart

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To make a simple topping for this elegant dessert, add 2 tablespoons granulated sugar to the leftover egg whites and whip to stiff peaks to make a meringue. Garnishing the tart with mixed citrus segments adds a natural sweetness to balance the rich, tart lemon curd filling. Read Jamila Robinson’s essay about this recipe, Romancing the Stove.

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Praline Brownies

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Pastry chef Kelly Fields of Willa Jean in New Orleans makes her delicious fudgy brownies with brown sugar, dark chocolate and cocoa powder, and studs them with crunchy bites of nutty pecan praline.

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Coconut Milk Cake with Pistachios, Whipped Coconut Cream and Strawberry Glaze

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Chef Angela Garbacz’s Coconut Milk Cake has crunchy edges, a gooey, thick crumb and it just happens to be vegan. Topped with pillowy whipped coconut cream and a gorgeous bright pink Strawberry Glaze, this cake is a showstopper. You can use the same base recipe to make round or square cakes, loaf cakes, and cupcakes, and top it with whichever fruit, nuts, and toppings you like best

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Raspberry-Coconut Dark Chocolate Cups

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You can use fresh or frozen raspberries to make these easy treats, which have a red-and-pink-hued filling that’s very on theme.

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Walnut Galette with Bourbon-Vanilla Custard Sauce

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This rustic tart has a super-flaky crust and a sticky-crunchy walnut filling that’s not too sweet.

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Burnt Caramel Flan

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Photographer Romulo Yanes lets the requisite caramel sauce in this vanilla-flecked flan go a shade darker for a faint bitter edge that cuts through the dense, sweet custard. For a distinctly Cuban touch, he tops the flan with a rum-spiked whipped cream.

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Red Wine Chocolate Snack Cake

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We all cook with red wine, adding a glug or two to enrich pan sauces and stews. Here, Food & Wine’s Justin Chapple makes the case for baking with it as well. Cabernet Sauvignon adds fruity notes that brighten this chocolate cake, which is great for a midday snack or casual dessert.

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1 of 14 Miso Chocolate Tart with Black Sesame–Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust
2 of 14 Dulce de Leche Cheesecake
3 of 14 Honey Cake with Citrus Frosting
4 of 14 Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
5 of 14 Ultimate Chocolate Mousse
6 of 14 Grand Marnier Soufflé
7 of 14 Milk-Chocolate Pots de Crème
8 of 14 Lemon Curd Tart
9 of 14 Praline Brownies
10 of 14 Coconut Milk Cake with Pistachios, Whipped Coconut Cream and Strawberry Glaze
11 of 14 Raspberry-Coconut Dark Chocolate Cups
12 of 14 Walnut Galette with Bourbon-Vanilla Custard Sauce
13 of 14 Burnt Caramel Flan
14 of 14 Red Wine Chocolate Snack Cake

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