Valentine's Day Ideas

Dessert Buffet

Find a fun spot in your house to create a backdrop and frame for drinks and dessert.  Often times, there is a spot that is empty or underused that would work perfectly.  Look around your home, or borrow something from a friend, for unusual tables, dressers or shelves.  Choose a color scheme that reflects the mood you would like to project.  I chose red, brown and white and a spot that includes warm wood and cold stainless steel.  Use removable picture hangers to create a backdrop out of a blank wall, choose serve ware, and then source the food and drink you wish to serve.  

Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting

CakeVase® filled with Hypernicum Berries

Hand Decorated Valentine cookies from patricia o'brien & co.

Paper Straws

Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

Dark & Milk Chocolate Malt Balls

Red Sixlets

Pinwheels

Meringue Cookies

Mini Coke Bottles

Tissue Paper Pom-Poms

Champagne & Fresh Strawberries

Dessert bars create a buzz at events and elevate the simplest of offerings into something elegant and exciting.  CakeVase® turned a basic cake into a focal point and added height and drama to the table.  It can be set up hours in advance of the party, as it holds fresh flowers in water, and cut up and served after the party is in full swing.

Chocolate Bar

Collect your favorite chocolate foods and pair them with Red Roses.  It's a classic.  This table has a CakeVase® topped, Chocolate Torte on a vintage cake stand, chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate biscuits and an assortment of chocolate bars.  So simple, fast and fun!

Buffet Centerpiece

I baked a  double chocolate bundt cake with a chocolate glaze, sprinkled it with pearlized dragees and topped it with Anemones from the local grocer's floral department.  I used the 8" CakeVase® ring and was able to bake, decorate and set out the cake a day before my party, which freed up time the next day  to focus on the food and drinks.  

Last Minute Dessert

This idea is for all of those times you committed to "bringing something" to a friend's house and ran out of time.  Swing by your local grocery store, buy a plain round or sheet cake, a pre-mixed flower bouquet and assemble using CakeVase®.  This cake came together in less than 5 minutes and has that, "Wow" factor.  The cake cost $14.99 and the flowers were $9.99.  

Happy Valentine's Day!