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6 Min
11/02/2026
Why should couples have all the fun? Celebrate Galentine’s Day with your girl pals (boys can join the fun too!) by baking delicious strawberry desserts. Have your fun and eat it too with these delicious desserts from poke cakes soaked in strawberry gelatin to tiny strawberry mochis. If these have intrigued you, then there are more such desserts in different shapes and sizes, all perfect for Galentine’s Day. All of these desserts are easy to make, shareable, and full of fresh strawberry flavour.
Galentine’s Day is a great reason to make and share strawberry desserts with friends and family. Simple treats like shortcakes, Swiss rolls, or mochi can be made ahead or bought and decorated at home. You need the usual fresh strawberries (perhaps the juicy variant from the strawberry town of Mahabaleshwar), whipped cream, and a few creative touches make these desserts go from boring to awesome, without much effort. They’re easy to slice, serve, and enjoy while hanging out with your pals. The focus is on having fun, sharing something sweet, and celebrating friendship, rather than making fancy desserts.
Pick your usual red velvet cupcake recipe, but incorporate strawberries into the batter, frosting, or decoration. You get cupcakes that are moist and red‑hued, with cocoa flavour that goes with the iconic cream cheese or strawberry‑flavoured icing. If not using strawberry puree or jam in the cake, consider adding it to the topping for a fresh fruity flavour and a pinkish hue to the cupcakes. This extra step will make the cupcakes more visually appealing for Valentine’s or Galentine’s celebrations. Also, make sure to use fresh strawberry slices cut into heart shapes or just halved ones into the piped frosting for a decorative touch.
Often called ichigo daifuku (a stuffed mochi), strawberry mochi is a Japanese dessert made from chewy glutinous rice dough (mochi), usually mochigome rice, wrapped around a whole strawberry, and separated by a layer of red bean paste (anko). Some versions might use custard or white bean paste (shiro-an) instead of red bean paste. You can easily make it at home by combining the ingredients for the mochi in a microwave oven and kneading it to get the stretchy mochi, then wrapping it around a filling of your choice, plus a hulled strawberry.
This dessert is exactly like it sounds – a cake is poked with holes. Liquid strawberry gelatin is poured into the holes to soak the cake. As the gelatin sets, it spreads through the cake sponge, giving the dish a pink colour and a delicious strawberry flavour. The cake is chilled for the gelatin to set. After chilling, the cake is topped with whipped cream and often finished with fresh strawberries. It is served cold and sliced into squares. What is loved about this cake is that it stays moist for a long time, can be made ahead of time, and is easy to transport and serve at parties, especially for special occasions like Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day gatherings.
With the strawberry season in full swing in February, why not experiment further and bake a sheet cake and twist it into a roll with cream? You can easily use a cake mix to save time. Go for a pink cake or a vanilla cake and contrast the cream (pink cream for white cake, white cream for pink cake). The sponge cake is baked first, flattened, then rolled into a log with a creamy filling. Scatter candied fruits or diced fruits inside the cream for little bursts of flavour. Make sure to roll the cake while it's still warm, for the roll to retain its shape.
Make the best of this occasion by making this American classic, which uses tender shortcake biscuits, juicy macerated strawberries, and fresh whipped cream. You can buy the shortcakes from a bakery to make it easier, or bake them at home ahead of time. Make the macerated strawberries and whipped cream on the same day. To assemble, split the biscuits, layer with strawberries and whipped cream, and top with the second biscuit and more cream and berries. The dessert is fresh, sweet, easy to serve, and perfect for Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day.
Galentine’s Day is a reminder that love comes in many forms, and not just romantic. Sharing strawberry desserts with your friends is a way to say ‘I see you, I appreciate you, and I’m glad you’re in my life’. Whether it’s a poke cake, shortcake, or mochi, these treats turn ordinary moments into something special. Every slice, every bite, is a little celebration of the laughter, support, and memories you’ve shared.
