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Valentine’s Day Breakfast Board

Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients:
  • For the Waffles
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Heart-shaped waffle maker
  • Accompaniments
  • 2-3 mini croissants store-bought or homemade
  • 4-6 slices Swiss roll preferably strawberry vanilla
  • 4-6 heart-shaped sugar cookies or wholewheat sugar cookies
  • 1 cup cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup Nutella or any type of chocolate spread
  • 1/2 cup red jam strawberry or raspberry
  • 1 cup strawberries hulled and halved
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • Optional Toppings
  • Powdered Sugar
  • Honey
  • Pecans
  • Edible Roses
  • Sugar Flowers/Heart Jellies

Method
 

  1. For the Waffles:
  2. Preheat the heart-shaped waffle maker.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  4. In another bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, and vanilla extract. Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until smooth. Add the butter and stir again.
  5. Pour the batter into the preheated waffle maker and cook according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
  6. Assemble the Board
  7. Place the heart-shaped waffles on a large serving board.
  8. Arrange the croissants around the waffles. Add the Swiss roll slices and the heart-shaped cookies.
  9. Add small bowls of cream cheese, Nutella, and red jam to the board.
  10. Spread berries around the croissants and waffles.
  11. Dust the waffles and croissants with powdered sugar and drizzle honey over the berries, and cream cheese.
  12. Serve immediately.