Pastry chef Lasheeda Perry
puts a new twist on
Valentine’s Day desserts.
asheeda Perry has cranked
out thousands of Valentine’s
Day desserts over the years.
She was a pastry chef at the
Four Seasons for nearly a decade,
she has her own Long Beach, CA,
culinary company (Queen of Flavor),
and she appears regularly on
the Food Network Kitchen
app, whipping up fun
sweets like hand pies and
blondies. “After being
in the industry for
16-plus years, I feel like
I need to switch it up
on Valentine’s Day,”
she says. And by that
she means no more
molten chocolate cakes.
For this trio of desserts,
she went for unexpected
flavors like a strawberry
tres leches cake—a riff on
a recipe she created for the
book Toques in Black: A Celebration
of Black Chefs. “I wanted to try a
strawberry version because who
doesn’t love strawberry milk? It’s
so nostalgic!” she says. Make it
for your better half, or try one of
her other two recipes. They’re all
perfect for sharing.
—Kate Trombly O’Brien
Love
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84 FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE ●JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021