These Cupid-Approved Valentine's Day Desserts Will Make Your Heart Skip a Beat

Classic, cute, and timeless, this moist cake features a hint of vanilla and lemon zest that’ll entice anyone’s taste buds. Topped with a fluffy strawberry rose buttercream, make this for your sweetheart to score extra points on Valentine’s Day.

Get the recipe: yellow sheet cake with strawberry rose buttercream

Filled with candy and sprinkles, these breakable chocolate hearts are too cute to pass up. With a dreamy marble-like design on each heart, everyone will swoon when they see them.

Get the recipe: breakable chocolate hearts

If you thought conversation hearts were cute, just look at these cupcakes! These little cakes are filled with fluffy marshmallow cream, meaning they practically melt in your mouth. Need we say more?

Get the recipe: conversation cupcakes

Step up your dessert game this V-Day when you make these alluring berries. Complete with gorgeous designs, sparkles, sprinkles, and more, your SO will love you forever after you impress them with these.

Get the recipe: fancy chocolate-covered strawberries

We don’t drop the L-word too often, but we’ll fully admit that we’re madly in love with this cute cake. Flavored with fresh or frozen strawberries and topped with a sweet saying, what’s not to like?

Get the recipe: conversation heart cake

Your partner is in for a treat when you serve these sweet cupcakes. They’ll find a red velvet heart in the center of each cupcake, and get to enjoy a fluffy cream cheese frosting. Yes, please.

Get the recipe: red velvet heart surprise cupcakes

Made with love, this sweet cake will blow away your SO. It’s easy to make and pairs well with strawberries, so get cookin’!

Get the recipe: vegan chocolate heart-shaped bundt cake

Simple and satisfying, these easy at-home doughnuts will make your mouth water. Stuffed with a whipped Nutella filling and dusted with a little sugar, these are tasty no matter what time of day you eat them. Pair them with a cup of coffee or cocoa for best results. Since this recipe makes 12, you can cut the recipe in half or in thirds to make enough for two.

Get the recipe: chocolate heart doughnuts

Imagine: rich fudge brownie cupcakes topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting. Yup. These are so good, they’ll practically melt in your mouth, so be sure to have napkins nearby! Since this recipe yields 12 cupcakes, we suggest dividing the ingredient list by four so you can enjoy three cupcakes as opposed to a whole dozen.

Get the recipe: valentine brownie cupcakes with peanut butter frosting

You’ll think Cupid hit you with an arrow after you bite into these rich cookies. They’re lightly chewy, perfectly fruity, and allover chocolaty. If you’re making them for two people, simply note that in the recipe, and it will update the amount of ingredients you need.

Get the recipe: chocolate sandwich cookies with raspberry cream cheese frosting

Heart-shaped anything catches our eye, but when you add churros to the mix, it’s so much better! These are sugary, light, and oh so good when paired with a side of dulce de leche or chocolate sauce. Enjoy!

Get the recipe: baked churros

The best part about making brownies in a skillet is that the edges are crunchy and the inside is gooey! You can decorate these cute cakes any way you please, so don’t be afraid to go all out with the sprinkles. The recipe is easy to adjust, so just note that you’re making it for two people, and it will update.

Get the recipe: mini skillet brownies

Light, fluffy, and filled with goodness, these shortcake treats will make you swoon. Enjoy these delicious vanilla cupcakes topped with a rich strawberry buttercream frosting and finished off with fresh strawberries. Who could resist? Make four cupcakes for two people so you can enjoy them for not one but two (!) nights in a row.

Get the recipe: strawberry shortcake cupcakes

Mini desserts are the cutest! These fruit-filled, heart-shaped pies are the sweetest end to a Valentine’s Day date for two.

Get the recipe: heart-shaped cranberry pomegranate mini pies

Decadent and delicious, these cherry cordial cupcakes are perfectly festive and fun. With a sweet little cherry on top and a good heaping of frosting, your SO will love you forever after you make these. To adjust the recipe to the amount of servings you want to make, just toggle the scale in the “servings” section, and you can get cookin’!

Get the recipe: cherry cordial chocolate cupcakes

Sweet, special, and oh so sugary, these linzers will make anyone blush. These fruity, jam-filled cookies are easy to make and even easier to eat, so be sure you bake enough. Add a little powdered sugar on top to make them complete.

Get the recipe: linzer cookies

These raw brownies make for the most scrumptious (and healthy) dessert. You only need 10 minutes to prep and seven simple ingredients – including dates, walnuts, and flax seeds – to create this sweet and chewy goodness.

Get the recipe: vegan raw brownies

These heart-shaped cookies are the perfect sugary snack for a Galentine’s Day party. Invite your friends over to frost, sprinkle, and decorate these tasty and whimsical treats.

Get the recipe: heart-shaped lofthouse-style sugar cookies

This adorable pink snack is a casual twist on a Valentine’s Day dessert. These cherry frosted donuts have a moist, cake-like texture and are coated with creamy cherry frosting. Pair them with a nice cup of coffee and your day will get off to the best start.

Get the recipe: cherry frosted donuts

These elegant and buttery shortbread cookies are tasteful in more ways than one. Lightly sweetened with hints of lemon and vanilla, these stunning sweets will be a delicious finish to your day.

Get the recipe: lemon rose shortbread cookies

This dessert is almost too pretty to eat, but we’d definitely eat it anyway. This fancy red velvet treat is a cake wrapped around a cheesecake, so yeah, make sure your sweet tooth is ready.

Get the recipe: red velvet cheesecake cake

Cupid might have his arrows, but you have strawberry pies stuffed with Nutella, and we think that’s way better. With their flaky and delicate exterior and fresh strawberry and Nutella filling, these adorable heart-shaped pastries are sure to win you some extra points with your sweetheart, friends, or coworkers.

Get the recipe: Nutella strawberry hand pies

If you’re a cheesecake-lover but have never baked one yourself, this is the V-Day dessert for you to try out. Lightly sweetened with honey with hints of lemon and vanilla, this dessert will be just as sweet and sugary as you.

Get the recipe: whipped lemon ricotta cheesecake

These strawberry flavored cookies take the meaning of dessert to a whole new level! What could be better than cookies that taste like cake? If you’re looking for a quick and easy dessert option, these five-ingredient cookies take only 10 minutes to make.

Get the recipe: strawberry cake mix cookies

Lemon and raspberry go so well together. This dessert has just the right mix of texture and flavor, and makes for a great lighter option.

Get the recipe: lemon raspberry bars

This morello cherry layer cake doubles as both a dessert and work of art. This magnificent multilayer cake is coated with cherry-flavored buttercream and finished with a watercolor frosting technique. Enjoy this sweet treat – if you can bear to bite into your masterpiece.

Get the recipe: Morello cherry layer cake

Make your Valentine’s Day even more special by serving these molten cakes, a popular Brazilian dessert. The warm dulce de leche oozing out of the cake tastes like pure magic.

Get the recipe: molten dulce de leche cakes

Nothing screams Valentine’s Day like pink cookies with a chocolate kiss on top! Flavored with Maraschino cherry juice and chopped cherries, this flavorful cookie will make the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert.

Get the recipe: cherry kiss cookies

For all you sweet-and-salty-lovers out there, this apple rose tart paired with peanut butter custard is everything you could want in a snack. Although this dish may seem like it takes a gourmet chef to create, don’t let its extravagance fool you. It’s much easier to put together than it looks.

Get the recipe: apple rose tart with peanut butter custard

Nothing says “I love you” like a heavenly pot of chocolate cream (even if it’s to yourself)! This adorable dessert is sure to dazzle anyone who has the pleasure of trying it and can be whipped up in a blender in just five minutes.

Get the recipe: easy chocolate pots de crème

If you’re a red velvet fanatic, this marble bundt cake is the ideal treat for you. This showstopper dessert is beautifully tender and dense with lots of buttery flavor and a slight hint of cocoa.

Get the recipe: red velvet marble bundt cake

Is there anything more timeless than chocolate-covered strawberries on Valentine’s Day? While this elegant dessert can be bought at a store, you’ll appreciate a homemade treat so much more (not to mention it’ll be much more affordable).

Get the recipe: chocolate-covered strawberries