922 vanilla cake recipes

Chocolate fruitcake with cocoa, candied cherries, pecans, golden raisins, and mixed dried fruit, topped with a semisweet chocolate-almond glaze and toasted almonds.

Triple chocolate mocha cookies layer melted semisweet chocolate, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips with a hit of espresso for deep, fudgy chocolate intensity. Optional toasted pecans add crunch.

Oatmeal pumpkin cookies fold pumpkin puree, rolled oats, chocolate chips, raisins, and nuts into a cinnamon-spiced dough. Drizzle with lemon glaze or top with chocolate candies. Makes 96.

This recipe is from my father-in-law Ed Stang. He just dumped in whatever goodies are on hand; they always taste great.

Chocolate PB jeebies, intensely fudgy chocolate cookies loaded with chocolate and peanut butter chips, served with a warm chocolate ganache for dunking. A double-chocolate-peanut-butter treat made for dipping.

Oatmeal Carrot Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe

One base cookie dough, four different bar cookies. Choose from Granola Nut, Apricot Cashew, Apple Oatmeal, or Carrot Pineapple. Spread in a jelly roll pan and bake for 35 easy cookie bars.

Caramel banana nut loaves using cake mix and pudding mix for extra moisture, loaded with real mashed bananas and walnuts, topped with a homemade caramel frosting.

Punchbowl Cake layers crumbled yellow cake, vanilla pudding, cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, bananas, coconut, and pecans in a stunning no-bake party dessert. A Southern crowd-pleaser that feeds a crowd.

Hornet's Nest Cake mixes yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding, butterscotch chips, and chopped nuts for a dense, rich sheet cake that comes together in minutes.

Easy peanut butter cake from a doctored cake mix, made extra moist with vanilla pudding and studded with peanuts, then frosted with chocolate-peanut butter frosting. The Reese's-lover's layer cake, no fuss required.

Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake), a classic German yeast cake with a caramelized almond topping and vanilla pudding filling. A bakery favorite made at home.

Yeasted honey twist coffee cake coiled into a spiral, brushed with a honey-butter topping, and drizzled with vanilla icing. A rich, soft dough with lemon and nutmeg.

Golden raisin bread with whole wheat flour, buttermilk, and warm cinnamon bakes into two tender loaves ideal for morning toast or afternoon tea. Optional vanilla icing adds breakfast-cake sweetness.

Flourless chocolate mocha cake made with bittersweet chocolate, ground espresso beans, and a water bath bake. Crowned with vanilla whipped cream, toasted pecans, and a zig-zag chocolate drizzle.

Mocha truffle cake: a flourless dark chocolate cake built with a pound of chocolate, a pound of butter, eight eggs, and strong coffee. Chilled overnight and frosted with vanilla whipped cream.