60 Cakes, Cupcakes, & Cheesecakes You'll Want To Be Your Valentine This Year

Cheesecake is a forever-favorite dessert, and Oreos are our favorite cookie, so you can only imagine how deadly this combination is for us. Oreos are involved in every component here: the crust, the cheesecake, and the topping. This is a must-make for the Oreo lover in your life.

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This easy hack utilizes a square and round cake pan, as well as our absolute favorite red velvet cake recipe. If you're in a hurry, boxed cake mix works just as well! Don't sleep on the cream cheese frosting though, it makes everything 1,000x better.

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This Swiss roll is filled with a light and fluffy strawberry filling that's perfect for a Valentine’s Day treat. If you're feeling extra, serve some freshly dipped chocolate-covered strawberries alongside the cake for decorations, but the beautiful spiral of this cake also speaks for itself.

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If you're looking for the most festive Valentine's Day dessert, you can't go wrong with rich and decadent red velvet cupcakes. Light and fluffy with plenty of chocolatey flavor, these mini cakes are the perfect treat to present (or gift!) on any special occasion.

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She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s big-batch lava cake! If you’ve been intimidated by the thought of making lava cakes, this is your perfect starter recipe. It only requires 10 ingredients, and because it’s one large batch, there's no need to stress about overcooking the center.

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This creamy, decadent cheesecake is swirled with a raspberry sauce to create a showstopper of a dessert, perfect for Valentine's. The raspberry sauce recipe will make more than you need for the swirls, so spoon it over top each slice right before serving.

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Making strawberry compote for this cake is easier than you'd think. All you're doing is cooking down the fresh berries with sugar and lemon juice. We used it in the batter and frosting to make sure that this has the BEST strawberry flavor possible (even when they're out of season!).

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Bigger is better, especially when we're talking cookies. If you’re not a chocolate layer cake lover but enjoy a pile of warm gooey cookies, then this is THE Valentine's dessert for you.

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This takes chocolate-covered strawberries to a whole new delicious level. Fair warning, this is an involved recipe you'll want to read through a few times before you get started. Trust us, it's 110% worth it.

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If we're really being honest, most chocolate cakes are pretty lackluster—either they don’t taste enough like chocolate or are so dry they’re unpleasant to eat. We worked for weeks to avoid that here, making sure that this chocolate cake recipe was one that we (and you!) could rely on again and again.

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Let's be the real: The filling of the cannoli is the best part, and that's why these cupcakes are so amazing. They're filled to the brim with the good stuff.

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Baklava is already one of our not-too-sweet dessert faves, so turning it into a cheesecake felt like an obvious way to take things to the next level. Instead of the traditional pressed graham cracker, the crust is made from layers of butter-brushed phyllo dough, chopped walnuts and pistachios, and a hearty drizzle of honey, just like a traditional baklava.

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Not having a big Valentine's blowout this year? Not to worry, this mini cake is perfect for a mini celebration, and you only need one cake pan to make it!

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This Jell-O cake is a delicious and easy dessert that was all the rage at potlucks and parties in the '70s and '80s, and we want to bring it back. It's giving nostalgia, kitsch, and strawberry shortcake vibes, and we are here for it.

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Why choose just one dessert for your celebration when you can have two classics in one? If you love festive Funfetti but are more of a cheesecake person, this sprinkle-filled cheesecake is the dessert for you.

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Opera cake is one of those baking projects that will make you feel like a pastry chef superstar. Coffee- soaked almond cake, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache are layered together to create a French masterpiece that’s equally stunning to look at and enjoy on Valentine's day.

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With the not-too-sweet creamy filling inside a crispy shell, cannoli are a nearly perfect dessert. Making your own is a fun little project but a little time consuming, and frying the shells can be intimidating. This easy icebox cake is the perfect alternative.

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When you need a sweet treat that brings some sass too, this pink lemonade pound cake is just right. Shot-through with a stripe of hot pink, the cake is plenty citrusy, thanks to a whopping 2 tablespoons of lemon zest, plus juice in both the batter and glaze.

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These White Russian cupcakes bring a coffee flavor that will have you reminiscing about a decadent White Russian cocktail. Adding Kahlúa to the buttercream frosting will emphasize the espresso in the cake while providing a hint of cream and sweetness, with more chocolate shavings adding to the richness of it all.

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Chocolate covered strawberries + cheesecake = OMG. Plus, since you're covering them in chocolate, you don't have to worry about your cheesecakes cracking. Win!

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