136 vanilla creme recipes

Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream made at home: a rich, eggless vanilla cream base churned and studded with chunks of cookie dough. The ice cream parlor classic from your own freezer.

Homemade Twinkies made with pound cake mix baked in DIY foil molds and filled with a fluffy vanilla cream. A fun copycat recipe that tastes fresher and better than the store-bought original.

Citrus poppy seed cake with orange and lemon zest topped with vanilla cream cheese icing. Made from a homemade cake mix that stores for months.

Walnut cake with a whisper of fresh rosemary, served with berries and a lighter vanilla cream made from drained yogurt and whipped cream. A tender Bundt cake that's unexpectedly savory-sweet.

Italian pastry puffs with lemon-scented biscotti dough wrapped around silky vanilla-almond pastry cream. Baked in a cupcake pan until golden, these old-school treats are worth every minute.

Platanos con crema: warm butter-softened bananas sprinkled with sweet sherry and sugar, topped with vanilla whipped cream. A quick Latin American dessert ready in minutes.

Fruit pizza with a sugar cookie crust, vanilla cream cheese sauce, fresh fruit topping, and a shiny orange juice glaze. A colorful party dessert that slices like pizza.

Cream cheese chocolate chip cookie bars made from two rolls of refrigerated cookie dough sandwiching a vanilla cream cheese filling. A bakery-counter dessert from supermarket shortcuts in 15 minutes of prep.

Sailor's duff: a steamed molasses pudding from the age-of-sail tradition. Moist, dense, and warmly spiced, traditionally served with hard sauce or vanilla cream.

Cranberry swirl cheesecake, a silky vanilla cream cheese filling marbled with ribbons of tart fresh cranberry puree, baked low and slow for a crack-free holiday-ready dessert.

Sweet potato pecan pie: a layer of spiced sweet potato custard topped with classic pecan filling, served with a bourbon-spiked vanilla cream sauce. The ultimate Southern Thanksgiving pie.

Oreo Midnight Cake with a crushed Oreo crust, semi-sweet chocolate cake, vanilla cream filling, and cocoa frosting. A multi-layer chocolate-Oreo showstopper from scratch.

Swiss-style flan with fresh apricot halves baked in vanilla cream custard, dusted with powdered sugar and served warm or cold.

Pumpkin roll cake spiced with ginger and cinnamon, filled with a vanilla cream cheese frosting. A classic fall dessert that slices into beautiful spirals.

Pistachio swirl fudge made in the microwave with semi-sweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, and a vanilla cream cheese swirl. No thermometer needed.

Whoopie pies sandwich two soft chocolate cake-cookies around a fluffy vanilla cream filling. Maine and Pennsylvania Dutch dessert with a cult following.