Happy
Valentines
Day
Welcome to my Valentines Day page. My wish for all of you is may you find love and happiness that will last throughout the years
Below you will find recipes sure to melt your Valentines heart.
Valentine
Recipes
Cocoa Raspberry Sweethearts
2/3 c Flour, all purpose
2/3 c Cocoa
1/2 ts -Salt
5 Eggs;separated
1/2 ts Cream of tartar
1 1/2 c Sugar; divided
2/3 c -Water
1 ts Vanilla
Icing sugar; confectioner's
Easy Raspberry Sauce:
1 pk Raspberries, frozen; 425 g.
-in light syrup
1 tb Cornstarch
Chocolate Syrup:
1 1/4 c Sugar, granulated
3/4 c Cocoa
1 c -Water
1 ts Vanilla
For Garnish:
Raspberries, fresh
Mint leaves, fresh
Grease a 13X9 inch cake pan. Line with wax paper or parchment paper. Set aside.
Sift together flour, cocoa and salt; set aside.
In large bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until frothy. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 Tbsp at a time, continuing to beat until stiff peaks forms; set aside.
In large bowl, beat egg yolks and remaining sugar at high speed until very light and lemon-coloured, about 6 minutes. Stir in water and vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients over surface of yolk mixture; whisk together gently. Scrape over egg whites and fold together.
Spread evenly in prepared pan.
Bake in 375F oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until cake sprigs back when lightly touched. Cool pan on rack. (Make cake up to 8 hours ahead and wrap well to prevent it from drying out.)
Invert on cutting board; peel off paper. Using heart shaped cookie cutters of various shapes, cut out hearts, leaving as little space as possible between hearts. (Eat the scraps or freeze in freezer bags for crumble, chocolate pudding or chocolate trifle.)
Using sieve, shake icing (powdered) sugar over hearts; arrange on serving plates.
Pool raspberry and chocolate sauces around the hearts and garnish with fresh raspberries and mint leaves.
For Easy Raspberry Sauce:
Thaw raspberries; place in blender. Cover and puree until smooth. Strain though sieve to remove seeds. Transfer puree to small saucepan; stir in 1 tbsp cornstarch and cook over medium heat until thickened and clear; stirring often.
Transfer to a storage container; cover surface with plastic wrap. Transfer to a refrigerator to chill. (Sauce can be made a day ahead and stored in refrigerator). Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
Chocolate Syrup:
In medium saucepan, whisk together granulated sugar and cocoa. Gradually whisk in the water.
Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until boiling . Reduce heat and boil gently 4 minutes until slightly thickened. Let cool; stir in vanilla.
Transfer to storage container and refrigerate up to 2 days. Makes 1 3/4 cups.
Jigglers Creamy Valentines
2 1/2 c Water,boiling
4 pk JELL-O Brand gelatin (sm)
1 c Milk,cold
1 pk JELL-O Vanilla Pudding (sm)
Stir boiling water into gelatin. Dissolve completely; cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
Pour milk into mixing bowl. Add pudding mix, Beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1-2 minutes. Quickly pour into gelatin. Stir with wire whisk until well blended.
Pour into 13x9" pan. Refrigerate until well firm (about 3 hours).
To cut Jigglers(tm) dip bottom of pan in warm water for 15 seconds to loosen gelatin. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Lift from pan.
Cherries Valentine
1 1/2 c Cherries, pitted
2 md Peaches, halved & pitted
2 md Oranges, juiced -=OR=-
1/2 c Orange juice
4 ea Orange wedges
4 ea Cherries with stems
Place cherries and peaches in a blender with orange juice. Blend at medium speed until creamy. Pour mixture into custard glasses. Top each glass with an orange wedge & a whole cherry. Serve immediately. Otherwise, store in the fridge with each custard glass tightly covered. Will keep for 3 to 5 days.
Meringue Hearts
2 Egg whites, at room temp
1/4 ts Cream of tartar
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Sugar
Chocolate Syrup:
2 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tb Sugar
1 tb Cornstarch
1 pn Salt
1/2 c Light corn syrup
1/4 c 1% milk
1/2 ts Vanilla
Draw six 4" hearts, 1" apart, on waxed paper. Invert paper; stick to baking sheet with masking tape. Fit pastry bag with medium-large star tip.
Beat egg whites in small bowl with mixer at medium speed until foamy. Add cream of tartar. Increase mixer speed to high. Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating constantly just until stiff, but not dry, shiny peaks form, about 5 minutes.
Spoon meringue mixture into prepared pastry bag. Following outline of tracings, pipe heart shapes onto waxed paper. Fill in centers of hearts and smooth with rubber spatula or back of spoon. Pipe 2 more layers over the heart outlines to build up sides of hearts.
Bake in preheated 225'F. oven for 2 hours or until ivory-colored and crisp. Remove to wire rack. Peel hearts from waxed paper and transfer to rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container at cool room temperature for up to 2 weeks or freeze forup to 2 months.
Chocolate Syrup:
Whisk cocoa powder, sugar, cornstarch and salt in small saucepan. Whisk in light corn syrup, milk. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, whisking constantly, about 2 minutes until thick. Remove from heat. Whisk in vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
Ganache Hearts with
Raspberry Sauce
Ganache:
1/2 c Whipping cream
8 oz Chopped semisweet chocolate
1/4 c Butter
1/4 c Confectioner's sugar
Raspberry Sauce:
1 Pack (12 oz) frozen
Unsweetened raspberries
1/4 c Sugar
1 tb Cornstarch
2 tb Cold water
1 ts Lemon juice
For the Ganache:
Place the whipping cream in pan and heat until it just starts to boil. Stir in chocolate and butter until smooth and melted. Stir in confectioners sugar. Refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes. Using pastry bag fitted with a star tip, pipe ganache in a heart shape onto baking sheet lined with wax paper. Or mixture can be spooned out and smoothed into heart shapes. Refrigerate or freeze until firm.
For Raspberry Sauce:
Place berries & sugar in a bowl. Cook until mixture starts to boil. Combine cornstarch and water, stir into berries with lemon juice. Cook until slightly thick. Strain; discard seeds. Refrigerate until chilled.
Before serving, thin the sauce with a little water to desired consistency.
To serve, pour a thin layer of sauce onto small plate. Carefully place ganache in center.
Here you will find some
Valentine Fun.
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Valentines Day | |
The History of Valentine's Day |
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Plan The Perfect Valentines Day | |
Loving You |
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Thoughts on Love and Romance | |
Greetings From The Heart Valentines |
Valentine's Day
Poems
~~ VALENTINE'S DAY ~~
I could've said it with flowers
Maybe a rose
A bottle of wine I might have chose
A gourmet dinner, a night on the town
A chocolate heart or a singing clown
But what I have to say must come from the heart
An act of kindness or hope for a new start
The words I choose are one more than two
It just so happens they're I LOVE YOU!
(TO ALL OF YOU)
~~FRIENDS WITHOUT
FACES~~
We sit and we type, and we stare at our screens
We all have to wonder, what this possibly means.
With our mouse we roam, through the rooms in a maze
Looking for something or someone, as we sit in a daze.
We chat with each other, we type all our woes
Small groups we do form, and gang up on our foes.
We wait for somebody, to type out our name
We want recognition, but it is always the same.
We give kisses and hugs, and sometimes flirt
In Palace we chat deeply, and reveal why we hurt.
We do form friendships - but - why we don't know
But some of these friendships, will flourish and grow.
Why is it on screen, we can be so bold
Telling our secrets, that have never been told.
Why is it we share, the thoughts in our mind
With those we can't see, as though we were blind.
The answer is simple, it is as clear as a bell.
We all have our problems, and need someone to tell.
We can't tell real people, but tell someone we must
So we turn to the 'puter, and to those we can trust.
Even though it is crazy, the truth still remains
They are Friends Without Faces, and odd little names.
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP
LAST FOREVER
May our friendship last forever;
May I sail upon your sea.
May we go through life together;
May there always be a "we."
May I be your endless sky;
May you breathe my gentle air.
May you never wonder why
Each time you look for me, I'm there.
May we be for each a smile
Like the warm, life-giving sun;
Yet when we're in pain awhile,
May our suffering be one.
May we share our special days,
The happiness of one for two;
And if we must go separate ways,
Let my love remain with you.
I hope you have enjoyed my Valentines Page.
