Sweet Pairings: Tableware To Match Your Sweet Cravings
If you’re planning to send some sweets this Love month, check out our recommended pairings of sweet treats and Instagrammable tableware
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we hope you’re already starting to prepare gifts and surprises to make the day extra special for your loved ones (to avoid the last-minute cramming, of course). And if you’re the foodie type, you’re in luck because there are tons of options to explore for Valentine’s Day!
As they say, eating is an experience not just for our tastebuds, but for the other senses as well. This is why we’re drawn to food that visually look good. To take the visual appeal of food to the next level, we’re pairing up our favorite sweet treats with new tableware finds because we believe that beautiful desserts *need* to be served in equally beautiful wares.
Check out the gallery below for our ultimate guide on sweet pairings—from mochi in Japanese ceramics to cookies in iron baskets.
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For your macarons: Func glass fruit tray
Display these exquisite macarons from Bizu in this equally dainty glass tray from Func Design PH. The tray comes in 3 collapsible heart-shaped pieces for easy cleaning and funky aesthetics. Available also in 8 translucent shades.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @func.design.ph
For your almondettes: Home Love Point stoneware plates
Enjoy some rich chewy chocolate fudge candies made from premium Dutch Cocoa and whole roasted almonds from Felicia’s and pair it with these stoneware poppy plates straight out of a Japanese kitchen. The delicate design of these plates available from Home Love Point perfectly matches the rich colors and flavors of these almondettes.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @homelovepoint
For your donuts: Home Love Point ceramic plates
Baked By Trimy has just opened slots for their Valentine’s Day donuts! Serve these delicious treats in one of Home Love Point’s popular Kokoro luncheon ceramic plates. Since they’re ceramic, these service plates are perfect also for reheating the donuts in the microwave if you store them in the refrigerator for the next day.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @homelovepoint
For your tartlets: My Happy Home 3-tier dessert stand
Halfsaint’s assorted flower tartlets in Calamansi and Olive Oil, 64% Dark Chocolate, and Quezo de Bola with Paprika is a treat you wouldn’t want to miss! Serve it ala Afternoon High Tea style in My Happy Home’s Sanya 3-tier dessert stand for the ultimate posh date.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @my_happyhomeph
For your silvanas: My Happy Home Handmade Copper Tiers
These pocket-sized silvanas from Cipriano Sans Rival make the perfect crunchy to chewy ratio. To take this beautiful silvanas experience even sweeter, display on My Happy Home Handmade Copper Tiers, available in 2 and 3 tiers.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @my_happyhomeph
For your mini cakes: sol & luna ceramic flower plate
Don’t you think these super adorable mini olive oil cakes from Casa Saporzi’s Limited Edition Aphrodite Box for Valentine’s Day will look phenomenal in these cute ceramic flower plates from sol & luna? Use these hand-painted flower plates to serve bite-sized pastries or for your IG foodfies.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @solandluna.home
For your full-sized cakes: Luid Lokal Cake Stand
Go classic, go local. Let this gorgeous buttercream floral cake from Doughmestic Botanicakes take the centerpiece in your table by propping it atop Luid Lokal’s cake stand. Made from Acacia wood, this cake stand will let your Valentine’s cakes stand out (quite literally). Available in 12 and 14 inches.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @luidlokal
For your heart-shaped cake: Woods In Love Acacia cake stand
Another cake stand, another cake! Pre-order Bizu’s Romance Cake—which is made with layers of dark chocolate ganache, crème brûlée, caramel, and fresh strawberries—and serve on this gorgeous Acacia wood cake stand from Wood In Love.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @woodsinlove
For your cookies: TOVIR Living snack tray
Who wouldn’t love a basket of cookies? Surprise your loved ones with Moloko Handcrafted Cookies’ chewy and gooey cookies, served in a Korean-slash-Nordic style wrought iron snack tray. Works also for Moloko’s pastries and breads.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: TOVIR Living
For your breads: Pulido CBS personal serving board
Local on local! We’re showcasing Panaderya Toyo’s bread creations that highlight nostalgic local flavors in Pulido CBS’ handcrafted serving board. This meticulously carved wood by local artisans paired with Panaderya Toyo’s delicacies is a true celebration of Filipino flavors and talent.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @pulido_cbstudios
For your ensaymada: Aarde’s Media Luna stoneware
Let’s add a more sophisticated twist to the classic ensaymada. Serve these delicious ensaymada from The Commissariat in Aarde’s Media Luna plates, handmade locally.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @aarde_
For your mochi: Guava Sketches Suku-suku plates
Serve traditional Japanese mochi from Mochi Bites in these enchanting Suku-suku plates from Guava Sketches. In Japanese, “suku-suku” means “growth.” Thus, the designs on the plates depict the stages of a plant’s growth into flowers. These plates are made by Sango Toki, who has been making pottery from the Gifu Prefecture since 1932.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @guavasketches
For your coffee: Guava Sketches Adelia Retro glass tumblers
Add a new level of dimension and fun to your regular coffee fix by recreating daily’s Einspänner on these Adelia Retro glassware inspired from Showa Era Japan. Just mix daily’s lunar eclipse Kyoto-style drip coffee with whipped cream and powdered chocolate, and serve on Guava Sketches’s retro tumblers.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @guavasketches
For your pili bites: Ceramica Pottery wooden plates
Ceramica Pottery calls these siomai plates but don’t you think they’re just as perfect for Felicia's Pili Crumble? Buy a box from The Commissary.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @ceramica.pottery
For your sansrival: Casa Juan Manila Bulaklak plates
Stop yourself from finishing the whole tin of The Commissary’s sansrival by slicing and serving in these plates from Casa Juan Manila. The plates are designed in collaboration with Cynthia Bauzon-Arre and feature flowers endemic to the Philippines.
Photo Credit: BUY HERE: @casajuanmnl
Get your food from:
Macarons and
Romance Cake from Bizu
Felicia’s Almondettes,
ensaymada, pili crumble, and sansrival from The Commissariat
Valentine’s
Day donuts from Baked by Trimy
Assorted flower
tartlets from halfsaints
Silvanas
from Cipriano Sans Rival
Mini olive
oil cakes from Casa Saporzi
Custom
buttercream cakes from Doughmestic Botanicakes
Cookies from
Moloko Handcrafted Cookies
Breads from
Panaderya Toyo
Mochi from Mochi Bites
Coffee from daily.
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