Plain cheesecake is a blank culinary canvas perfect for expressing sweet sentiments: Add a few choice store-bought toppings and you can turn a plain-Jane slice into a dessert fit for a starlet.
Chocolate and berries are tried-and-true, if predictable, offerings.
But if you want to truly wow your sweetie with edible bling, try luscious ripe figs, candied orange peel, tart lemon curd, fruit jams, toasted macadamia nuts, marshmallow fluff and toasted coconut.
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