4,226 vanilla cake recipes

Holiday master butter cookie dough combines flour, cornstarch, and creamed butter into a tender, rollable base for cut-outs, Linzers, thumbprints, and pinwheels. Chills up to 3 days or freezes up to 6 months.

Kruchiy (Ukrainian fried knot cookies) made with sour cream, egg yolks, and vanilla, tied into knots and deep-fried until golden. Sprinkled with sugar to finish.

Light sponge cake baked in a casserole dish, then soaked with a hot rum sugar syrup and topped with toasted almonds or coconut. This boozy, syrup-drenched dessert is even better the next day.

Butter pecan tea cookies rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A classic snowball cookie with a melt-in-your-mouth shortbread texture, baked until firm but not browned.

Soft banana sour cream bars baked in a jelly roll pan with ripe bananas, butter, and vanilla. A tender sheet pan cookie bar that makes a generous batch for sharing.

Rich, fudgy devil's food cake baked entirely in the microwave in under 30 minutes. Three built-in variations let you spin it into chocolate mint, chocolate peanut, or chocolate cherry cake with a simple swap.

Skidaddle cookies fold canned fruit cocktail and chopped walnuts into a brown-sugar drop cookie batter for a soft, fruity vintage cookie. A pantry-staple drop cookie that bakes in 12 minutes.

Mix-in-the-pan chocolate fudge cake with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Poke three holes, pour, stir, and bake. The original depression-era wacky cake that still delivers.

Soft honey carrot cookies with shredded carrots, nutmeg, and real honey for natural sweetness. Shaped into 1-inch balls for a tender, cake-like bite.

Buttery blondies studded with toasted pecans and coconut flakes for a tropical twist on classic brown sugar bars

Buttery pecan tea cookies rolled in powdered sugar while warm, then dusted again after cooling. Melt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies also known as Russian tea cakes.

Festive cocoa cards are large chocolate-molasses cookies cut into rectangles and decorated with frosting to look like greeting cards. A fun holiday baking project for kids and adults.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with all brown sugar for chewy depth, four cups of rolled oats, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. A 20-minute one-bowl recipe that yields enough cookies to feed a crowd.

Biscotti di Prato (cantucci) with whole roasted almonds and ground almond flour for that authentic Tuscan crunch. The classic twice-baked Italian cookie meant for dunking in vin santo or coffee.

Peachy chocolate cake made without eggs, butter, or milk, layered with fresh sliced peaches. A naturally dairy-free chocolate cake with a tender crumb and bright fruit contrast.

Soft sour cream cookies with a sugar-pressed top, made from simple pantry staples. The sour cream keeps them pillowy and tender for days.