Heart-shaped food

Show your loved one how you feel this Valentine's Day with this incredibly romantic and terribly cute selection of love-heart meals and sweet treats

Hidden heart cupcakes
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Show your loved one how you feel this Valentine's Day with this incredibly romantic and terribly cute selection of love-heart meals and sweet treats

Want to show someone you care this Valentine's Day? Why not craft them some super romantic heart-shaped food?

It doesn't take too much effort to turn your favourite food into a heart and the look on their face when you serve it up will show it was time well spent. But just what food can you make heart-shaped?

Our collection of heart-shaped food includes sweet treats such as marshmallows, Millionaire's shortbread, cookies, cupcakes and cakes.

Savoury treats getting the heart-shaped treatment include pizza, lasagne, salad and even toasted cheese sandwiches for that breakfast in bed surprise.

So whatever you're planning on making for Valentine's Day - make it heart-shaped!

First on the list are these homemade Jammy Dodger hearts are sure to get you some brownie points. Not only do they look the part, they taste great too!

Get the recipe: Jammy Dodger hearts

Dotty shortbread hearts

Dotty shortbread hearts

These dotty shortbread hearts are a fun way to spread the love amongst family and friends. Why not write their names on them for a personalised treat.

Get the recipe: Dotty shortbread hearts

Eggs florentine

Eggs florentine

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Give breakfast in bed a bit more love with this egg florentine.

You can poach or fry your eggs in non-stick heart moulds on a frying

pan. It's the perfect way to give that special breakfast a romantic

twist!

Get the recipe: Eggs florentine recipe

Loveheart millionaire’s shortbreads

Loveheart millionaire’s shortbreads

Loveheart millionaire's shortbreads will make the perfect treat this Valentine's Day. The heart-shaped shortbread biscuits sandwiched with caramel and drizzled with chocolate will make the perfect food gift.

Get the recipe: Loveheart millionaire's shortbreads

Lemon heart biscuits

Lemon heart biscuits

What could be cuter than lemon heart biscuits, to show someone you care? The recipe will make 40 biscuits so you can

give them out to friends and family as well as your special someone.

Get the recipe: Lemon heart biscuits

Hidden heart cupcakes

Hidden heart cupcakes

How cool are these cupcakes? With a special heart-shaped piece of cake hiding inside each cupcake, these hidden heart cupcakes are one of our favourite heart-shaped foods.

Get the recipe: Hidden heart cupcakes

Valentine’s cookie lollies

These Valentine's cookie lollies are an original way to present your favourite biscuits. You could even

send the kids to school with them to give out to their friends.

Get the recipe: Valentine's cookie lollies

Valentine’s cupcakes

Valentine’s cupcakes

Follow this Victoria Threader recipe to make Valentine's cupcakes. The simple-to-follow instructions include an impressive gingham cake topper.

Get the recipe: Valentine's cupcakes

Hidden heart loaf cake

Hidden heart loaf cake

Surprise your loved one with this secret hidden heart loaf cake. They'll just think it's a normal loaf cake and then ta-dah! A hidden heart will appear.

Get the recipe: Hidden heart loaf cake

Egg in a heart frame

Egg in a heart frame

Nothing says 'I love you' more than breakfast in bed. Treat your other half to breakfast in bed, heart shaped with this egg in a heart frame recipe. It's a really simple idea that he/she will love.

Get the recipe: Egg in a heart frame

Mary Berry’s two-tone heart biscuits

Mary Berry’s two-tone heart biscuits

These almost too-good-to-eat two-tone heart biscuits from Mary Berry are

surprisingly simple to make. They will also certainly impress your

loved ones and they taste just as good as they look.

Get the recipe: Two-tone heart biscuits

Hearty Smartie chocolate cake

Hearty Smartie chocolate cake

This Woman's Weekly recipe for a hearty Smartie chocolate cake hearty

Smartie cake is the perfect treat to make with your kids, and to show

the man in your life how much you all care on Valentine's Day.

Get the recipe: Hearty Smartie chocolate cake

Heart cake decorations

Heart cake decorations

If you love making cakes for special occasions it's time to roll up your sleeves and make one for Valentine's Day this year. Top it with these personalised heart cake decorations. Follow our step-by-step recipe to make your own.

Get the recipe: Heart cake decorations

Love heart biscuits

Love heart biscuits

Show your loved one how much you care by making them a batch of these sweet and simple biscuits. Decorate with icing and write your own personal message in hearts.

Get the recipe: Love heart biscuits

Romantic chocolate hearts

Romantic chocolate hearts

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These romantic chocolate hearts will make the perfect sweet morsel on Valentine's Day for a special

someone. What could be more lovely than these French-style delicacies?

Get the recipe: Romantic chocolate hearts

Heart fondant chocolate cakes

Heart-shaped food

These perfectly pretty heart fondant chocolate cake, with their crunchy top and gooey middle, are sure to melt anyone's heart on Valentine's Day.

Get the recipe: Heart fondant chocolate cakes

Fiona Cairns' pink iced heart cake

Heart-shaped food

Fiona Cairns' pink iced heart cake must be the ultimate girly way to celebrate love. It's also really

simple to make, so you could spend some time personalising the

decoration for whoever's lucky enough to be sharing it with you.

Get the recipe: Pink iced heart cake

Valentine strawberry salad

Heart-shaped food

Valentine's strawberry salad will make an original and tasty change for Valentine's Day - give it a try, the fruit and cheese combination really works.

Get the recipe: Valentine strawberry salad

Pistachio and raspberry meringue love hearts

Heart-shaped food

These pistachio and raspberry merginue love hearts will make an ideal Valentine's Day dessert for 2. They're the perfect dish to let know someone know how much you care.

Get the recipe: Pistachio and raspberry meringue love hearts

Chocolate cherry kirsch hearts

Heart-shaped food

Chocolate cherry kirsch hearts will make the perfect Valentine's Day dessert and the addition of the alcohol give them a real kick.

Get the recipe: Chocolate cherry kirsch hearts

Cadbury's Creme Egg hearts

Cadbury's Creme Egg hearts

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With Easter just around the corner you'll spot more and more Creme Egg making their way onto the supermarket shelves - they're not just for Easter though. Make this sweet Creme Egg filled basket.

Get the recipe: Cadbury's Creme Egg hearts

Tomato tarts valentino

Heart-shaped food

This recipe will make 4 tomato tarts Valentino. The delicate puff pastry topped with rich tomato sauce and delicious

mozzarella is sure to guarantee that you'll win someone's love.

Get the recipe: Tomato tarts Valentino

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