911 vanilla cake recipes

A bread machine coffee cake with honey, vanilla, and an egg-rich dough studded with brown sugar and crunchy walnuts. Warm from the machine, it fills the house with the smell of Sunday morning.

Five-ingredient cake mix chocolate chip cookies that come together in 30 minutes. Soft, chewy centers with crisp edges. The shortcut a busy mom passes down when scratch baking isn't on the table.

Easy to make rich and delicious chocolate cake spiked with bourbon.

A simple, one-bowl cocoa layer cake that comes together in minutes and bakes into two tender 9-inch layers. Rich chocolate flavor without fuss—perfect for beginners.

Chocolate chip cookie muffins with melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, semi-sweet chips, and pecans. Bakery-style chocolate muffins between a cookie and a cake.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this scrumptious low-fat snack which is perfect for dessert.

Bakery-style blueberry muffins with nutmeg sugar topping. Three flours, butter, and buttermilk give a tender crumb and tall domed tops crowned with crackly spiced sugar.

"A tall, impressive cake that showcases the flavors and smells of the holidays. A three-layer extravaganza with a touch of molasses and shredded apple to keep it moist. It fills the house with a fragrance that beats the most expensive holiday-scented candle. It will be talked about long after the party is over." Source: The Pastry Queen Christmas, by Rebecca Rather

Abby's Chocolate Cake: a classic two-layer chocolate cake with sour cream for tang, frosted in cooked fluffy white seven-minute frosting. Vintage American birthday-cake territory.

Showstopping seven-layer chocolate cake with tender sponge layers and rich butter-chocolate frosting. A classic European-style torte that's all about thin layers and fudgy filling between each one.

Light angel food cake topped with vanilla ice cream and fresh blueberries macerated in Grand Marnier for an effortless summer dessert in 10 minutes.

Yellow poke cake soaked in thick pineapple syrup, layered with vanilla pudding, homemade whipped cream, and flaked coconut. Needs 24 hours to chill, worth every minute of waiting.

Classic Bacardi rum bundt cake from a yellow cake mix and vanilla pudding base, soaked in buttery rum glaze and drizzled with chocolate. The legendary boozy holiday cake.

Mashed ripe bananas swirl through vanilla cake batter with cinnamon-almond streusel in this bundt-style brunch coffeecake. Dust with powdered sugar for an elegant finish.

Melt-in-your-mouth butter pecan cookies dusted in powdered sugar. Just 5 ingredients, no eggs, and ready in 30 minutes. Shape them into crescents or balls for a snowy holiday cookie tray.

Four-layer Celebration Cake stacks chocolate and banana cake with rum-spiked pineapple cream filling and rich chocolate frosting. A showstopper for birthdays and holidays.