Valentine's Day is all about making the ones who hold your heart feel extra-special. Treat your daughter to one of these special heart gifts this V-day.

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I'm bringing dessert to a party celebrating Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year (both holidays fall on Feb. 14 this year) and have been practicing making this lovely, raspberry-filled cake with coconut-vanilla icing.

The verdict? Definitely yummy, but four-layer cakes are way too complicated.

Here's how to make the cake with only two layers:

Valentine's Day Cake (inspired by Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake from Baking: From My Home To Yours)

(For the cake)

1 box white cake mix (and ingredients on box)

2 teaspoons grated lemon zest

(For the filling/icing)

1 container white frosting

1/2 cup seedless raspberry preserves or jam

1.5 cups sweetened, shredded coconut

Prepare cake mix, adding lemon zest to the batter, and bake according to directions in two round cake pans. Cool cake.

Put one layer of cake on cake plate or serving platter. Ice top layer with frosting. Spread with preserves. (If preserves are too thick to spread, gently

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Ahhh, February 14. Hearts and roses, reservations and red lingerie. Sounds romantic, but let's get real here, ladies: V-Day can suck. From terrible gifts to a sudden case of amnesia (wait, wasn't today, uh, Lincoln's birthday or something?). Read on for more cringeworthy moves.

1. Telling you, "God, we're never going to be able to get a dinner reservation tonight because it's stupid Valentine's Day."

2. Waiting until February 13 to make plans with you because, hey, you're his girlfriend and he knows he's getting laid.

3. Giving you supermarket flower after three years of dating. So not cool when you're this committed. Stumped about what to get your boyfriend or hubby? Our gift guide for every stage of a relationship has got you covered.

4. Confiding to you at a Valentine's singles party that the only thing he finds appetizing are the free red martinis.

5. Taking you to a fast-food drive-through, then renting Basic Instinct and inviting you back to his dorm

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Whether you're single, dating, post-breakup, pregnant or in a relationship, we've got hot lingerie picks for you.

- Faye Brennan, BettyConfidential.com

It's something that isn't really talked about, but we know it's true. There's lingerie for every aspect of your life and phase of your relationships. After all, the lingerie you wear at the start of a love affair isn't necessarily going to be what you wear when you've been together for five years and have a baby. And who hasn't devoted a section of their underwear drawer to first-time-with-a-new-guy bra and panty sets?

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We consulted with Jennifer Carroll, co-author of the new book, Underneath It All: A Girl's Guide to Buying, Wearing, and Loving Lingerie ($11.16, Harlequin), to come up with a guide to lingerie that matches your relationship status. Whether you're single, seriously involved or happily married, here are your options:

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Valentine's Day is now less than a week away, so we turned to gift guru Robyn Spizman of TheGiftionary.com for the best present picks....no matter who your Valentine is!

I'm being summoned around the clock to help in the quest for red-hot gifts. If you're searching for a fabulous Valentine's Day gift for your mom, best friend, significant other, daughter, grandparent or teacher, look no further:

American Personalized Products - You'll love these beautiful gifts made in steel. Give a stunning bookmark with the initial of your loved one and add a phrase like "to a novel Dad." Or, make a great initial impression with a functional and personalized trivet for the kitchen lover. This is a lasting gift that will forever be remembered.

PopPhotoNOW: Give him a kiss he'll remember forever with PopPhotoNOW's Kiss Kanvas pop art. Pucker up and send in a photo of your personal kiss to be converted into one-of-a kind, colorful decorative artwork. Such a fun gift that's totally

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Love has so many powerful stories attached to its concept that it is truly difficult to filter fact from fantasy. Also, people tend to fire us up by exaggerating their own love stories which become more dramatic with the telling. A wise old saying clarifies the whole love abstraction: "A painting of a loaf of bread doesn't satisfy hunger." We would all be love-starved if we lived for the idea of love rather than focus on the simple details of daily encounters.

Go get your love

If you want romance, intimacy and passion, activate your enthusiasm factor - your capacity for fun, humor and adventure. The first step: silence the negative self-talk that you are not good enough which in turn makes you view others as betraying you, ignoring you, or not loving you enough. The second step: turn on your genuine smile transmitting to all the people you encounter how happy you are to greet them. If you want to be irresistible, make the other person feel irresistible! It's what you see in

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