42 vanilla filling recipes

Quick chocolate banana bundt cake doctors a devil's food cake mix with mashed banana, sour cream and pudding for a dense, ultra-moist crumb. Studded with walnuts and drizzled with chocolate icing.

Chocolate-filled fruit oatmeal bars: a buttery brown-sugar oat crust with a rich melted chocolate, condensed milk, raisin, and coconut filling. Sheet-pan bars for crowds and cookie swaps.

A no-bake icebox cake layered with graham crackers, vanilla pudding mixed with whipped topping, and glossy cherry pie filling on top. Chill, slice, and serve.

A chocolate cherry upside-down cake made without eggs or butter. Cherry pie filling bakes under a rich cocoa batter, then gets flipped for a stunning glossy cherry top.

Black Forest ice cream cake: two layers of moist chocolate-coffee cake sandwich a slab of vanilla ice cream, frosted with whipped cream and crowned with cherry pie filling. A frozen showstopper.

Layered blueberry dessert with a baked pecan shortbread crust, fluffy cream cheese and whipped topping filling, and glossy blueberry pie filling on top. A potluck favorite that chills in the fridge and slices into neat squares.

Microwave chocolate cherry upside-down cake bakes in 12 minutes flat. A dairy-free wacky cake batter swirled with cherry pie filling, inverted onto a plate for a glossy ruby topping.

Cherry chocolate tube cake with canned cherry pie filling, chocolate chips, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. A one-bowl Black Forest-leaning cake dusted with powdered sugar.

Chewy oatmeal cookies with a thumbprint center filled with spiced apple pie filling, combining wheat germ nuttiness with warm cinnamon sweetness.

Chocolate cherry cheesecake with a chocolate wafer crust, melted chocolate chip filling spiked with cherry liqueur, and cherry pie filling on top. A show-stopping dessert that chills for 24 hours.

Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry recipe

Chocolate thumbprint cookies rolled in chopped nuts, filled with sweet vanilla cream, and crowned with a chocolate kiss pressed into the center. A holiday cookie tray classic with three textures in every bite.

Rich chocolate cookies with a gooey caramel candy hidden inside, topped with chopped pecans and drizzled with melted fondant. Makes 4 dozen stuffed cookies.

Sour cream pumpkin coffee cake with a tender vanilla batter, spiced pumpkin filling layer, and a brown sugar-cinnamon streusel sandwiched and topped. Fall brunch favorite.

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.

Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies with creamy vanilla buttercream filling. Better than Oreos with the option to tint half the filling pink or green with peppermint for Valentine's Day.