valentine`s day sweets?

Question

valentine`s day is getting pretty close and I wa thinking of making something special for my sweetie pie this year..I thought that some kind of sweet made by me would be a nice surprise,problem is I can`t find anything that appeals to me.
Please give me some recipes if you know but please nothing fancy.I`m not that good of a cook.

Answer 1

Here's two. Chocolate mousse is really not hard, it's basically just gently stirring in melted chocolate to whipped cream. But if you find that daunting, try the sherbert cake below and use a pre-made crust.



Mousse:
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups chilled heavy cream, divided
2 tablespoons Cognac or brandy
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

To make the Mousse: Put the 8 ounces of chocolate in a large bowl. In a small saucepan, bring 1/2 cup of the cream, the brandy, and vanilla to a boil over medium high heat. Pour the hot cream mixture over the chocolate; set it aside for 5 minutes before whisking until smooth. Cool the chocolate mixture to room temperature, whisking occasionally.

In a large bowl, beat the remaining 1 1/2 cups cream until it holds a soft peak. Sift the sugar over the cream, and continue beating until slightly thicker; take care not to over whip the cream. Fold a third of the whipped cream into the chocolate to lighten the mixture. Fold in the remaining cream.




Frozen Sherbet Cake with Pecan Crust

You can substitute your favorite sherbet or sorbet flavor for the raspberry and lemon here. Try tropical flavors, like mango, lime or even coconut. Or, do an all-citrus cake with lemon and orange. Use slices of fresh fruit for garnish.

Serving: 8 to 10


Crust
2/3 cup vanilla wafer cookie crumbs (crushed)
1/3 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted


Filling
1 quart lemon sherbet
1 quart raspberry sherbet
Fresh raspberries and mint sprigs, for garnish
Raspberry Sauce (recipe follows)



Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9" x 3" springform pan.

To make pecan crust, process cookie crumbs, pecans and sugar in a food processor or blender until pecans are very finely chopped. Transfer to a bowl, then add butter and stir until crumbs are evenly moistened. Press evenly into bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of pan. Bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire cake rack.

Soften lemon sherbet by placing in a bowl and mashing with a large rubber spatula. Spread evenly in cooled crust. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until firmed, about 20 minutes. Soften raspberry sherbet in the same manner and spread over lemon sherbet. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing wrap directly on sherbet, and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours. (The cake can be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead.)

Remove plastic wrap from cake. Garnish with raspberries and mint. Slice with a warm (dip in a glass of hot water) thin knife. Serve frozen, with Raspberry Sauce.

Raspberry Sauce: Puree 1 pint raspberries, 1/3 cup granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice in a food processor. Taste. Add sugar and lemon juice as needed, and blend again to dissolve sugar. Strain through fine wire sieve into a bowl. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. (The sauce can be made 1 day ahead, and then covered and refrigerated.)

Answer 2

This recipe rocks and it is so easy. It has been a hit every time I've made it.

Summer Berry Pie

3/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1-1/2 cups water
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Brand Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
1 cup each blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries
1 HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust (6 oz.)
1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

MIX sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan. Gradually add water, stirring until well blended. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 min. Remove from heat. Add dry gelatin mix; stir until completely dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
ARRANGE berries evenly on bottom of crust; cover with gelatin mixture.
REFRIGERATE 3 hours or until firm. Top with whipped topping just before serving. Store any leftover pie in refrigerator.

Recipe Rating:
Prep Time: 25 min
Total Time: 4 hr 30 min
Makes: 10 servings

My tip: Instead of the graham cracker crust you can use a layer of lady fingers. The Cool Whip is completely optional. The pie tastes great on its own.

Answer 3

Buy a premade pound cake and cut it in half lengthwise and then into squares about 2 inches by 2 inches. Put them on a rack over a 9 x 13 cake pan. Warm a tub of frosting in the microwave for 20 seconds and stir until pourable. Cover the pound cake pieces with the warm frosting and let set until dry. If you need to, you can scrape the frosting out of the cake pan and reheat in the microwave again. Decorate with decorating frosting you buy in tubes. If you use white frosting to cover the cakes, you can tint it different colors. It will look like you went to a whole lot of trouble when you really didn't.

Answer 4

Make your individual Valentines Day. you do no longer might desire to be there on that distinctive day to have Valentines Day anyday together with her. besides the fact which you had deliberate particular for the two considered one of you to do on that day, do it on yet another day with the Valentines Day topic in innovations. everybody is going so loopy approximately Valentines Day this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days! Valentines Day is approximately love and romance so in case you like that woman and romance her once you notice her, then familiar is Valentines Day. My sweetheart and that i stay interior the comparable state and we are nonetheless unlikely to be jointly on Valentines Day. Our schedules are so conflicted at this evaluate time that that is impossible to be jointly on that day, yet I advised him all i wanted develop right into an afternoon on my own with him uninterrupted eating a house cooked meal whilst wearing his pajamas. i do no longer want to do it on Valentines Day whether i ought to because of the fact there basically does no longer be sufficient time, so besides the fact that day we are able to do this is Valentines Day for me. shop that for the period of innovations and you gets contained in direction of the day. call her and squeal in her ear how lots you like her!

Answer 5

cookies, use the dough that is already made up!

Answer 6

http://southernfood.about.com/cs/valentinesday/a/valentinesweets.htm

go on the website and you can pick