1,614 vanilla icing recipes

Maine potato donuts use cold mashed potatoes for an extra-tender, never-greasy fried doughnut. Traditional New England recipe spiced with ginger and vanilla. Makes 2 dozen old-fashioned donuts.

Rich chocolate cake made with a full cup of cocoa bloomed in boiling water, plus a strawberry shortcake variation with whipped cream and drizzled melted chocolate.

Old-fashioned chocolate sticks: a thin pan of dense fudgy chocolate-nut batter cut into slim rectangles after baking. Half-cookie, half-brownie bar made for coffee or after-dinner trays.

Old-fashioned cocoa brownies with melted margarine, four eggs, chopped nuts, and a generous pour of vanilla. Dense, fudgy, and from a recipe meant to be passed down.

No-bake cocoa cream candy balls rolled in cocoa and powdered sugar with walnuts, milk, and vanilla. Old-fashioned chocolate truffles made without cooking in 10 minutes.

Buttery Italian-style shortbread cookies made with powdered sugar, vanilla, and three-quarters of a pound of real butter. Chill the dough, roll it out, cut your favorite shapes, and bake until golden.

Classic Swedish spritz cookies made with a cookie press from a rich butter dough. Decorate with candied fruits or colored sugar for a festive holiday cookie tin that yields 3-4 dozen.

No-bake chocolate walnut cream balls rolled in cocoa-dusted powdered sugar. Five ingredients, no cooking required, and ready in 20 minutes. Old-fashioned bonbon-style sweet for the holiday tin.

Butter Cookies are one of those traditional Christmas cookies that everyone adores. This homemade butter cookie recipe is much better than what you find in the tins at the store during the holidays.

Hazelnut spritz cookies pressed into delicate rings, baked until pale gold, and dipped in dark chocolate. A European-style holiday cookie for cookie trays and gift tins.

A buttery bundt pound cake with a tight, tender crumb, crowned with sweetened whipped cream and fresh sliced strawberries. Simple from-scratch baking at its finest.

This award-winning treat is has won the hearts of many with its perfect combination of moist, tender cake and the sweet, tart flavor of apples.

Vasilopita, a traditional Greek New Year's cake with a lucky coin baked inside, topped with slivered almonds and sesame seeds. Rich butter cake with whipped egg whites.

Childhood PB&J turned into a two-layer peanut butter cake filled with more peanut butter and red jelly, topped with fluffy seven-minute frosting. Nostalgic birthday cake for grown-ups.

Soft, buttery sugar cookies with a hint of lemon zest, made with both butter and oil for a tender crumb. Cream of tartar keeps them pillowy. A holiday cookie jar classic.

Classic no-bake Cornflake Cookies ready in 30 minutes! Buttery dough with 5 cups crushed cornflakes for extra crunch. Simple drop cookies baked at 325°F.