Whipping up a Valentines Day dinner is not an easy task as such. Besides, what’s dinner without desserts for Valentines Day? A perfectly baked / cooked dessert will set the mood for your after dinner activities. So you are a man and can cook? Nothing turns a girl on like a man who can. And if you are one, you are halfway there to impress her on a Valentines Day dinner. Here you go, pick the one among these 5 desserts and make your Valentines Day unforgettable.

Besides, if you are bored with the inevitable aphrodisiac chocolate and thinking of avoiding it in your dessert, men, think again. According to studies, chocolate is responsible for releasing endorphins in the body, giving a natural high.

5. Chocolate Fondue

Ingredients: food of choice for dipping, 15 ounces dark, sweet or semi-sweet chocolate or according to your need, light cream and a dash of vanilla extract.

Here’s how you make it: Crush chocolate bars into the fondue pot. The smaller the pieces, the better the outcome. Now add the cream in slowly, stirring until the mixture has become homogeneous. Stirring is necessary since it evenly melts the chocolate. Last step is to add the dash of vanilla before mixing it thoroughly. Your chocolate fondue is ready for consumption.

4. Homemade whipped cream

Ingredients: Whipped cream, confectioner’s sugar and fresh fruits of various types according to your taste.

Here’s how you make it: This is perhaps one of the easiest of the lot and the sexiest as well. All you need to do is whip the cream with sugar using your hand blender. But do not whip the cream too fast, lest it becomes thick. Put it in the refrigerator and serve it with freshly cut fruits.

3. Hot Fudge Sundae

Ingredients: Vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, melted caramel and chocolate, cherries or other toppings as you like.

Here’s how you make it: Make layers for your sundae by serving vanilla ice cream and topping it with melted chocolate and caramel. On this add whipped cream and your desired toppings. A simple, yet delicious dessert is ready to serve.

2. Baked Apples

Ingredients: Few large apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, raisins and butter.

Here’s how you make it: Wash apples and core them with holes about 3/4 inches. Place the apples in a baking pan. Mix sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts and raisins and stuff the apple with this mixture. Top the stuffed apple with butter. Add about ¼ to ½ cup boiling water to the pan. Bake for 40 minutes in the oven in 375 degree Fahrenheit. Remove them when they are tender and serve with ice cream.

1. Banana’s Foster

Ingredients: Unsalted butter, brown sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, banana (or any other) liqueur, bananas, dark rum

Here’s how you make it: First, melt butter on low heat and add brown sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon and stir until the sugar is melted. Now add in the liqueur and vanilla, bringing the sauce to boil. Slice the bananas and add them to the sauce, cooking them for just one minute on each side. Place the bananas in a serving dish. Now add the rum into your sauce so the rum will flame. After that, pour the sauce over the served bananas. Add vanilla ice cream, if you feel like it .

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