Start with a plain iced cake from your favorite bakery, and add your own touches.

First, remove any plastic rose or other mundane decoration that may come with the cake. Then, depending on what treats your sweetie or family prefer, consider:

• Crushed red and white peppermints
• Red, pink and white Jelly Belly jelly beans mix, M&Ms mix, gum drops
• Small chocolate hearts or white chocolate hearts
• Fresh raspberries or whole or sliced strawberries
• Small strawberries half-dipped in melted chocolate
• Rose petals (wash to remove pesticides or buy organic flowers)
• Anything that appeals to you in the candy store

Buy an iced chocolate cake—a round
cake is just fine—and top with chocolate
truffles and/or malted milk balls. Photo
courtesy Wilton.com, which has lots of cake ideas.