These Home Bakers' Valentine Treats Will Make Bae's Heart Melt

Harshita Mundhra, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate from London is the brains and hands behind this one of a kind production kitchen, Ovenly. With beautiful mirror glazes, velvet spray on desserts and exquisite chocolates she has taken gourmet desserts a notch higher and what’s more they make cakes for pets too! If your Valentine happens to be your pooch, Ovenly has got you covered.

Must-try: Hazelnut and orange mousse cake and After Eight cake.

Valentine’s Special: Bubblegum, rose and more heart-shaped macarons.

With a passion for patisserie and zeal for a start-up, Fatema Barodawala decided to leave her cushy job to start Cakelicious in 2015. In a span of two years, Cakelicious has grown by leaps and bounds. Along with serving up delicious varieties of desserts, cakes and cupcakes, she now offers clients with a complete package of managing an entire event or planning a surprise party. Cakelicious has special gifting solutions for every day of the Valentine week beginning with Rose Day.

Must-try: Brownies and tiramisu.

Valentine’s Special: Rose cupcake bouquet, macaroon ring box, DIY ice-cream hamper, kiss-themed cupcakes with a lip care hamper, balloon decor and musical surprise with love-themed cake delivery.

Dishari’s venture Hungry and Skinny is named after herself {because she is always hungry and still skinny}. She has a ‘no menu’ approach to her baking, customising desserts as per customer demands. The desserts she makes are relatively healthier and guilt-free with a distinctive homely taste. This Valentine’s Day, Hungry and Skinny will help you deliver a handwritten love note along with a cake to your loved ones.

Where: CE-217, 1st Floor, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064. call 96745 61696.

Must try: Chocolate souffle, chocolate truffles and bacon jam.

Valentine’s Special: Red velvet cupcakes with a surprise center and red velvet heart-shaped whoopie pies.

Melodrama is a product of a sweet friendship between childhood buddies, Sreya and Sunayana. The duo has some of the most beautiful-looking, perfectly crafted and scrumptious cakes to their credit. Their cakes are all about drama, with themes ranging from latest Internet fads to popular culture. If your Valentine is crazy about Harry Potter, Melodrama has just the thing for you – a box of six Harry Potter themed cupcakes.

Must-try: Bitter chocolate orange cake, red velvet cake and blueberry cake.

Valentine’s Special: Love-themed cupcakes and cakes.

Sweet Surrender is the baby of Urvashi Shivnani, a self-taught baker, who ranked third in Kitchenaid India’s All India Competition for Home Bakers. She is experimental with her baking skills and loves to try out different varieties and unique designs. This Valentine’s Day she is dishing out assorted goodie boxes with classic treats like cookies, cupcakes, profiteroles and brownies.

Must-try: Wasted chocolate cake {contains Kahlua and multiple forms of chocolate}, eclairs, profiteroles and drip cakes.

Valentine’s Special: Royal icing cookies, red velvet cake / cupcakes and assorted goodie box.

Sugarplum Cakery is a brainchild of Masterchef India 2016 winner, Kirti Bhoutika. What started as a hobby in the first year of her college became a passion after she started receiving tremendous response from her friends and family. Now the self-taught baker, who is riding high on the success of Masterchef, pours her heart, soul and expertise that she has picked up on her journey into the delectable desserts she makes. Indulge your Valentine with Kirti’s Red Velvet Berry Cheescake and watch them grin from ear to ear.

Must-try: Belgian dark chocolate cake, almond praline sea salt truffle cake, honey bunny and Snickers tart.

Valentine’s Special: Red velvet berry cheesecake, macarons and chocolate-dipped strawberries.