60+ Valentine's Day Cake Tutorials and Recipes

Learn how to make a CUTE Cartoon Cake in this free cake decorating video tutorial!

This super moist, soft champagne cake with raspberry and cream filling is perfect for special occasions!

This "Lots of Love" Cake would be perfect for Valentine's Day and anniversaries! In this free cake tutorial, we'll show you how to create this fun design using candy coating decorations! This is a great cake design for any level of cake decorating!

This decadent Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake is as delicious as it is beautiful! A layer of cheesecake is sandwiched between two homemade red velvet cake layers and frosted with cream cheese frosting in this delicious dessert! This cake would be perfect for Valentine's Day!

This unique buttercream cake design is one of my favorite techniques! The small little disks of buttercream make for such a unique design! We love the "honeycomb" look of the heart cake topper as well. Learn how to make this fun cake in our free cake video tutorial!

You Hold the Key to my Heart! This free Lock and Key cake is a new free cake video tutorial that would be perfect for Valentine's Day and anniversaries! in this cake video, we'll show you how to create simple, yet beautiful lock and key decorations from fondant!

This Champagne Pound Cake is ultra moist, has a fine crumb, and a light champagne flavor! It is perfect for Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and more!

This cake just makes me smile! What's more romantic than a doughnut couple sitting in a coffee mug? ;0) - In this free cake decorating tutorial, we'll show you how to create a mug cake as well as how to decorate it for Valentine's Day!

This chocolate layer cake is so decadent, with homemade chocolate cake layers, truffle filling, and chocolate buttercream frosting!

I can never resist a cute cake design, especially one as simple as this sweet Stick Figure Couple cake tutorial! This cake would be perfect for Valentine's Day, engagement parties, and more. In this free cake video, I'll demonstrate creating our couple from melted candy coating- one of our favorite mediums!

This flavorful Cherry Chcolate Chip Cake is so moist and delicious! You will love the bits of cherry and chocolate, and the pretty shade of pink- perfect for Valentine's Day!

This sweet Valentine Flamingos cake is one of our favorites!! Perfect year round, but especially sweet at Valentine's Day thanks to the heart shape that they form together. This is a great anniversary cake also. This is a free cake video tutorial!

This moist Strawberry Pound Cake is heavenly! We love the strawberry flavor- it's the perfect cake recipe for spring and summer, or for the strawberry lovers in your life!

We LOVED making this sweet beehive-themed cake! In this free cake video, you will also learn how to make the chocolate candy coating honeycomb wrap! Keep this design in mind for your Valentine's Day parties (or the beehive can be used for "Happy Bee Day" birthday cakes or "He or She Which One will it Bee" Gender Reveal cakes!

This Decadent Devil's Food Cake with raspberry filling, raspberry buttercream and ganache is sure to bring rave reviews!

This beautiful textured buttercream cake in this free tutorial! We'll show you how to create this uniquely beautiful buttercream technique along with whimsical heart cake toppers! These cake decorating methods can be applied to cakes for all sorts of occasions but this particular pink and white two-toned design is perfect for Valentine's Day and anniversaries!

This moist Raspberry Layer Cake from scratch is so delicious flavorful! We use frozen raspberries for this recipe, making it a .year-round favorite!

I just love owls, and this Sweet Woodland Owls cake design is one of our favorites, with the two owls nestled into their heart-shaped tree stump! This is a buttercream frosted carved cake design with fondant accents, and would be so cute for Valentine's Day! Find it in our Recipes and Tutorials section (Free)

This homemade White Chocolate Cherry Cake is so moist and delicious! Layers are brushed with maraschino cherry juice and frosted with white chocolate buttercream.

This beautiful buttercream Embroidery Cake with a "LOVE" message is perfect for Valentine's Day! I love the unique and vibrant look of this embroidery cake design, and it is not difficult to create. If you enjoy piping, you will love this decorating technique. This is a free video tutorial!

This easy Strawberry Cake all starts with a simple cake mix! It is one of our most popular doctored cake mixes and the color is perfect for Valentine's Day!

This sweet and simple free cake video tutorial features a teddy bear and balloon! I love the simplicity of the design, and this cake would work for baby showers, young birthdays, and anniversaries too!

This velvety soft Homemade Strawberry Cake is divine! So moist and flavorful, and perfect for any occasion! The pretty shade of pink makes it a great choice for Valentine's Day!

This beautiful swan cake is another love-themed cake design that works for so many occasions! I love it for bridal showers and weddings, but it makes an elegant Valentine's Day and anniversary cake also! The cake consists of delicate buttercream piping as well as fondant accents here and there. Free Cake Decorating Video!

This Strawberries Champagne Cake is so flavorful! Strawberry champagne cake layers are filled with strawberries and whipped cream and frosted with a luscious champagne buttercream frosting! This is a wonderful choice for Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, anniversaries, and other special occasions!

This marbled chocolate panel cake is so dramatic and is easier than it looks to create! This is a favorite for Valentine's Day with it's marbled shades of pink, but the technique works for cakes no matter what the occasion! We hope that you enjoy this tutorial, located in our Free Cake Videos section!

Moist, delicious chocolate covered cherry cake is the perfect Valentine's Day dessert! So flavorful!

This gravity defying Candy Pour Cake is another favorite free cake video tutorial! This design is so much easier than it looks, and you can easily change things up to make it suitable for all sorts of occasions and with different candies, etc. This is always a crowd-pleasing cake design!

These Valentine's Day cupcakes are from a post that we made years ago, but I still love them! Follow along in our step by step photo tutorial and learn how to make each of these festive and simple Valentine's Day cupcakes! Perfect for any skill level of cake decorating!

Cherry and Coconut are the perfect combination in this delicious pound cake! This pretty pink pound cake makes it a perfect choice for Valentine's Day celebrations.

When I think about Valentine's Day, I think of chocolate! This Candy Bar drip cake from our Free Cake Video Tutorial section is one of our favorites! A chocolate candy-covered tier sits on top of a dramatic chocolate drip cake for a design that is as impressive as it is delicious. Keep this in mind for the chocolate-lover in your life!

Here's another Valentine's Day favorite! I just love sweet bicycle themes. This cake design could easily be adapted to other cake sizes as well, including sheet cakes! This is a free cake decorating video tutorial.

This ultra moist Chocolate Fudge Cake has a rich yet mellow flavor thanks to the dutch process cocoa in the recipe. It is a quick, easy, wonderful go-to chocolate cake!

I just love owl themed cakes! Or cakes with birds in general- you may have noticed I've done a lot over the years! This "Owl Love You Forever" theme from our free cake video section was so much fun to make, and it is perfect for Valentine's Day, anniversaries, baby showers, and more!

This Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake is so flavorful with chocolate chips and bits of maraschino cherries in every slice!

Learn how to make these adorable bee themed cakes and matching cupcakes for a "Bee Mine" Valentine's Day theme! I just love the sweet simplicity of these cakes and cupcakes! You can find them in our free step by step blog tutorial.

This moist Red Velvet Pound Cake has wonderful richness from the butter and cream in the recipe, and the perfect amount of chocolate flavor. We love it with cream cheese frosting!

These elegant chocolate (candy coating) flowers are not difficult to make and are so uniquely beautiful! I love this for any special occasion, Valentine's Day included! Learn how to make them in our free tutorial!

If you love white chocolate, you will love this heavenly white chocolate layer cake! It is one of our favorites!

This Kit Kat checkerboard cake from our Free Cake Video section is a fun twist on the traditional Kit Kat cake. However, this time, we are working with minis! This allows us to create a fun checkerboard pattern with chocolate and white chocolate mini Kit Kats!

You can even carry the checkerboard cake pattern to the inside!

I have to include our White Velvet Cake in this roundup- it is always a favorite no matter what the occasion! It is so moist and light, has a velvety soft texture, and tastes amazing with so many fillings and frostings. Try it, you won't be disappointed!

This romantic Buttercream Ribbon Rose heart-shaped cake is perfect for Valentine's Day and anniversaries! In our free cake decorating tutorial, we'll show you how to easily create beautiful buttercream ribbon roses, and how to cover an entire cake with them. This is one of our favorite cake designs!

This homemade moist Limoncello Layer Cake with Limoncello Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting is light, delicious, and perfect for entertaining!

Here is our take on the popular geode cake, only with a Valentine's Day theme! I love this heart geode cake design, and it would be perfect for birthdays, bridal showers, and anniversaries also! Click over for this free cake decorating video!

This scratch Pink Champagne Cake has a subtle but unmistakable pink champagne flavor. Both the cake batter and frosting have this special ingredient and the result is an elegant, flavorful cake that is fitting for Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and more!

This sweet Love Birds cake design is perfect for Valentine's Day, and is well suited for any skill level of cake decorating! Fondant birds and hearts decorate a buttercream-frosted cake in this step by step cake blog tutorial!

This berry cheesecake cake is certain to make any occasion feel more special! A creamy, delicious layer of strawberry and blueberry-filled cheesecake is sandwiched between two moist vanilla cake layers in this impressive, delicious dessert!

Animal print designs are so much fun to create, and in this step by step cake tutorial, we demonstrate these designs in shades of pink, creating the perfect Wild About You Valentine's Day theme!

I had to include this semi-naked Red Velvet Cake if you're looking for inspiration for Valentine's Day! I just love how this cake came out, and in this free video tutorial, you will see how we decorated this beautiful cake, including the dramatic chocolate sail!

This "I Love Ewe" themed cake is sure to bring smiles! Everybody loves a good Valentine's Day pun ;0) - In this step by step cake tutorial, we'll show you to create these adorable Valentine's Day fondant sheep and decorative fondant banner.

This delicious Red Velvet Cake is super moist and has just the right amount of chocolate flavor. I love red velvet cakes no matter what time of year but red velvet is especially fitting for Christmas gatherings and Valentine's Day for it's lovely red layers. Don't forget the cream cheese frosting!

These Conversation Heart Flowers make the perfect cupcakes toppers for Valentine's Day! They are so simple to create and make great cake decorations also! Learn how to make these in our free step by step blog cupcake tutorial!

This fun cake tutorial for chocolate-lovers shows how to create a cake in the shape of a giant piece of chocolate candy, complete with a foil wrapper! Learn how to make it in our free step by step cake tutorial!

Learn how to create this sweet Valentine's Day Cake with layered buttercream and simple fondant hearts in our free cake decorating video! Perfect for anniversaries as well!

How about a gorgeous bouquet of cupcakes for Valentine's Day? Learn to pipe some of our easy buttercream flowers and how to assemble the perfect cupcake bouquet in this free step by step cake tutorial! We created this design years ago and it really took off- I've seen so many lovely variations over the years. Have fun!

Learn how to create a beautiful woodland cake in buttercream, which consists of a buttercream birch stump cake design, fondant mushrooms, and a sweet heart shaped carving with initials. I love this as a Valentine's Day cake, and in fact, you often seen variations of this designs for weddings! Find out how we made it in our free step by step blog tutorial!

This simple "100 Hearts" Valentine's Day Cake Design is one of our favorites! Simply start with a smoothly frosted cake, and pipe hearts all over in different shapes, colors, and patterns! If you love buttercream piping, this is a really fun design to create! Get all of the details in our free cake tutorial!

This tender, rich pound cake is sure to satisfy your dessert cravings- tastes amazing on it's own, or topped with frosting, ice cream, or berries and whipped cream!

In our next free cake decorating video tutorial, we demonstrate how to pipe braided buttercream as well as how to make a beautiful ruffled heart cake topper! This elegant cake would also be beautiful for bridal showers, anniversaries, and even weddings!

I love the height and dimension that heart shaped meringues give to our next Valentine's Day cake design! This beautiful Valentine's themed drip cake is so festive and perfect for the holiday! Find out how to make it in this free cake decorating video tutorial!

I love this sophisticated Champagne and Stawberries Cake recipe! This is flavorful cake has the perfect balance of strawberry and champagne flavor, and is certain to make any occasion feel more special. We love it for Valentine's Day!

This is our go-to scratch Red Velvet Cake recipe! It is moist and has the perfect hint of chocolate. Keep this recipe in mind for year-round special occasions, but we especially love it around Christmas and Valentine's Day for it's beautiful red cake layers!

This doctored cake mix Pink Champagne Cake is so easy to make and tastes so good! You will love the pink champagne flavor. Keep this recipe in mind for your special occasions, including Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and more!

This moist, decadent classic chocolate cake from scratch is the BEST! This cake recipe uses the Reverse Creaming Method of mixing, creating an extra moist cake with a tight crumb and velvety texture.

We've made this rich chocolate recipe countless times. A great choice for Valentine's Day, or whenever your chocolate cravings strike!

If you're in search of the perfect scratch chocolate cupcake, look no further! This is our go-to recipe for decadent homemade chocolate cupcakes!

This moist and delicious homemade Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake recipe is sure to please! Moist homemade strawberry cake layers are filled with a thin layer of ganache, fresh strawberries, and strawberry buttercream.

The freshly frosted cake is then glazed with a decadent ganache drip and topped with chocolate covered strawberries!

Everything is better when topped with a big loopy bow! Learn how to make this beautiful gum paste bow in our free cake decorating video tutorial!