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Fall head over heels for these Valentine’s Day desserts

Looking for some sweets for your sweetheart? Come February 14, set hearts aflutter with these desserts.
Over the top shot of a round tart topped withwhite chocolate and figs

Photo: James Moffatt

James Moffatt

Planning a squishy, romantic, candle-lit dinner for two? Finish off your Valentine’s Day meal right, with a sweet dessert for your sweetheart. We have recipes with all the ingredients that sing with love, like strawberries, raspberries, figs; chocolate is a given. Persian love cakes? We have two recipes for those.

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Want more? Check out our best rose recipes for Valentine’s Day.

Cake with a slice cut out of it, topped with slices of pear, chopped pistachios, blackberries, and gin ice cream.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Shiraz gin and pear brioche cake with gin ice-cream

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Gianduja and affogato mousse cake

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Bird's eye view image of roulade cake topped with raspberries and pink petals, sitting on white and pink plates and beside a gold-tipped fork
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pistachio and rose roulade with lychees and raspberries

Photo: James Moffatt

Burnt honey panna cotta with chamomile strawberries

Photo: Mikkel Vang

Chocolate mousse with white chocolate and corn flake crumble

O Tama Carey's love cake recipe
Photo: Ben Dearnley

O Tama Carey’s love cake

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Crushed strawberry and pistachio éclairs
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Crushed strawberry and pistachio éclairs

Over the top shot of a round tart topped withwhite chocolate and figs
Photo: James Moffatt

Jaclyn Koludrovic’s gluten-free lemon verbena, white chocolate and fig tart

Tiramisù
Photo: Ben Dearnley

10 William St’s tiramisù

Triple chocolate praline tart
Photo: William Meppem

Triple chocolate praline tart

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Three-tiered pavlova layered with berry jam, topped with strawberries and raspberries, sitting on a white plate with two brass forks on the side.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Berry and pistachio stacked pavlova

Chocolate and raspberry sponge fingers
Photo: William Meppem

Chocolate and raspberry sponge fingers

Salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Guillaume Brahimi’s salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart

Chocolate soufflés recipe
Photo: Mikkel Vang

Chocolate soufflés

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Photo: Chris Chen

Raspberry and vanilla jubes with lime sugar

Chocolate truffles
Photo: William Meppem

Chocolate truffles

Photo: William Meppem

Curtis Stone’s yoghurt panna cotta with strawberries and rosewater

Photo: William Meppem

Rhubarb and strawberry tart with candied pistachio and fennel seeds

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Photo: William Meppem

Chocolate and hazelnut cake with espresso ganache

Soft-centred chocolate budini with milk ice-cream
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Soft-centred chocolate budini with milk ice-cream

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate, strawberries and cream

White peaches with rosewater, honey and fromage blanc
Photo: Andrew Finlayson

White peaches with rosewater, honey and fromage blanc

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Passionfruit and elderflower pavlova
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Passionfruit and elderflower pavlova

Photo: Chris Chen

Panna cotta with blood orange and juniper syrup

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Fig and raspberry crostata

Strawberry, cherry and raspberry salad with raspberry sorbet
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Strawberry, cherry and raspberry salad with raspberry sorbet

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate whiskey soufflé

Photo: William Meppem

Curtis Stone’s dark chocolate and strawberry tart

Passionfruit soufflés with vanilla Anglaise

Passionfruit soufflés with vanilla Anglaise

Salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache

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Strawberry crème fraiche cheesecake
Photo: Chris Chen

Strawberry crème fraiche cheesecake

Chocolate, pistachio and orange-blossom truffles
Photo: William Meppem

Chocolate, pistachio and orange-blossom truffles

Dutch waffle ice-cream sandwiches with crushed raspberries
Photo: John Paul Urizar

Dutch waffle ice-cream sandwiches with crushed raspberries

Chocolate mousse cakes

Christine Manfield’s chocolate mousse cakes

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Photo: William Meppem

Raspberry and vanilla vacherin

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate marquise with lime and coconut sorbet

Photo: Chris Court

Stephanie Alexander’s raspberry and rose-geranium sorbet with honey wafers, raspberries and cream

Chocolate tart
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate tart

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Photo: Chris Chen

Persian love cake

Photo: Chris Chen

White chocolate and raspberry ice-cream choux stack

Cardamom nut cake
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Cardamom nut cake

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