A Month of Chocolate Desserts

I thought I would give some Dessert inspiration with some of the amazing pictures I found on my search on Google. So if you plan to make something yummy for your sweetie, use one of these ideas to make it a memorable evening.

These are too cute. All you do is roll some fondant strips into to the shape of the rose.

An unusually way to use a popular treat for Valentines!
This heartfelt dessert keeps things sweet and simple, with Twinkies cut into shape and smothered with a thinned red raspberry jam and a sprinkling of fresh raspberries for added pizzazz.
Active Time: 2 minutesTotal Time: 2 minutesRecipe Ingredients
3 Tbsp seedless red raspberry jam
1 cup fresh raspberries
2 Twinkies snack cakes
Recipe Preparation
1. Stir jam and 1 Tbsp water in a bowl until smooth. Add raspberries; toss gently to coat.

2. Cut Twinkies in half diagonally, starting about 1 in. down from top left to 1 in. from bottom of opposite side. For each heart, put 2 halves together on 1 serving plate. Spoon raspberry mixture over and around hearts. Garnish with mint, if desired.Related Recipes: 1-2-3 Dessert, Desserts, Cakes/Frostings, Fruits, Mix/Whisk/Stir, No Bake/Cook, American, Valentine's Day

A Month of Chocolate Desserts.

Hot Chocolate Meringue Cake

Parchment paper 6 egg whites 1 tablespoon(s) cream of tartar1 1/4 cup(s) sugar 3 tablespoon(s) sifted cocoa1/8 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper
Whipping Cream

Directions

1.To make the cake: Heat oven to 200 degrees F. Line two baking pans with parchment paper and set aside. Draw two 9-inch circles in the center of the paper and set aside.
2.Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Stream in 1 1/4 cups sugar and continue to beat on high speed. Just as the whites reach their peaks, sprinkle in sifted cocoa and cayenne pepper and continue beating to stiff peaks.
3.Spread the meringue within the circles. Bake for 3 hours, turn off oven, and let sit for 1 hour.
4.Cool on the pan on a wire rack. Store in a very dry, cool place.
5.Fill the layers with whipped cream and serve within 2 hours.

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10 Things I can't live without in my kitchen!

10 best ingredients in my kitchen
There is always some products that you use every time you cook and bake in your kitchen. Some gadgets that you cannot live without, some essential things that you absolutely adore.
Here are the best 10 ingredients, products that I use all the time and almost everyday. Without them, I would be nothing in a kitchen.

1. Sea salt. This is the only salt
that i use for cooking. Coarse and fine, both
2. Cinnamon.It goes well with almost every sweet treat.
3. Herbes de Provence. A french dried mix of herbs that is amazingly fragrant and versatile.
4. Extra virgin olive oil. That is the only oil that i use all the time.
5. Heavy cream. For finishing the soups, the sauces, the pastas, the salads.
6. Cheeses. All kinds. I use the leftover scraps of cheeses in soups, on a pizza. I never throw away cheese.
7. Vanilla Sugar.I make this by adding vanilly beans to granulated suger.
8. Parmesan cheese. As a garnish on salads, pastas, soups, as well as in cubes for an easy tapas.
9. Ice cream. It is always an indispensable to make a last minute dessert.
10. Butter.Butter.Butter! Do i have to say more ...