The Most Beautiful Valentine's Day Treats Ever!

How about baking up some beautiful and delicious treats for your sweetie for
Valentine's Day? Check out some of what I think are a few of the most beautiful

Valentine's Day cookies, cakes, and treats and be inspired! 

How about creating some pancake art for breakfast?

Pretty fork - printed peanut butter cookies from Created by Diane

Cherry Chocolate Kisses from The Curvy Carrot

Ispahan Macaroons by Mad Baker

Chocolate dipped (image only, no recipe)

Sweetly decorated (image only via pinterest)

Heart shaped brownies

Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse by Karolina Eleonora at Love Raw

Beautiful cupcakes via food stylist Else at Sweet Scarlet

Red Velvet hugs and kisses cupcakes

Just. Beautiful. (image only no recipe)

Meringue cookies with Raspberry Curd by Whisk Kid

Linzer Valentine's Cupcakes from Cupcakes Garden

These pretty cookies look fit for a queen!

Pretty as pink.

I love this pressed cookie from Bakerella

Jam filled tarts from The Farm Chicks

Almost too beautiful to eat!

How to make a heart-shaped cake from About.com

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My Holiday Baking: Seeing Stars

I'm a pretty traditional kind of girl, so when it comes to the holidays we have our
family customs just as any family does, and that, of course, includes Christmas 
baking. I seem to bake the same types of cookies every year, family favorites, 
things my mother baked every year that I now try to duplicate.  

Something funny happened this year though. After rolling out ball after ball of 
cut-out dough, I realized that ALL of the cut-outs I baked were stars. Every 
cookie cutter that I used was the same shape: a star!  Yay for stars!

Ready to go into the oven!

Ready to eat!

What did you bake this year?

For The Love Of Gingerbread - Ideas & Inspiration

What's not to love about gingerbread?

It's traditional, beautiful, it smells and tastes good...
  Best of all, it's moldable, and so much fun to work with and create with!
I can't think of a better way to spend a snowy afternoon than making and
decorating some type of gingerbread creation. 

This holiday season, why not try your hand at creating your own gingerbread masterpiece?

Gingerbread angel from Romantic Home

A wreath of gingerbread stars from Weihnachtsspecial

Beautiful Believe gingerbread by Memories In Baking

The simple icing makes these gingerbread cookies breathtaking

Gingerbread house ornaments from The Fairy Godmother

Gingerbread cupcakes from Ladolcivita

Beautiful Christmas packaging and gingerbread recipe by Go Make Me

Gingerbread manger by Munchkin Munchies

Gingerbread ornaments via Rodale

Gingerbread mold (left) and cookie (right) from Cookie Molds

Mini gingerbread with milk

3-D Christmas tree gingerbread cookies by Not Martha

Beautiful gingerbread from Turku Gingerbread

Pretty piped icing looks like lace doilies

Gingerbread man wreath from Martha Stewart

Lovely gingerbread tablescape is like something out of a fairy tale!

DIY Gingerbread centerpiece by Snippet & Ink

Pierniczki: Polished spiced cookies from RenBehan

Gingerbread advent calendar cookies by Butcher Baker Blog

Snowy gingerbread house from Laura Lanta

Gingerbread by Julia Usher photos by Steve Adams

Gingerbread by Julia Usher photos by Steve Adams

Gingerbread cookie tree by Martha Stewart

Gingerbread recipe from King Arthur Flour

Double gingerbread cupcakes from Babble

 

 Gingerbread house royal icing recipe and photos from Sweetopia

 Gingerbread house royal icing recipe and photos from Sweetopia

Gingerbread martini

Faux gingerbread ornaments by The Long Thread (not to eat, for decoration only)

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