135 vanilla glaze recipes

Parisienne fruit tart layers crisp puff pastry with vanilla cream and bananas, glazes it with apricot, then crowns it with whipped cream, grapes, and pineapple. A showpiece French pastry from simple shortcuts.

Individual almond cream tarts: buttery pastry shells filled with almond-scented vanilla cream and topped with fresh kiwi, strawberries, grapes, and a glossy apple jelly glaze. A classic French patisserie dessert made home-doable.

Boston cream pie from scratch: two tender cake-flour layers split by a thick vanilla pastry cream and finished with a glossy chocolate glaze that drips down the sides. The classic Massachusetts dessert, every component homemade.

Granny cake is a no-fuss pineapple sheet cake with a brown sugar nut topping baked on, then soaked with a hot vanilla milk glaze. A vintage dump-and-stir recipe with no butter in the batter.

Margarita cheesecake spikes a vanilla wafer crust and creamy filling with tequila, Grand Marnier, and fresh lime, topped with a tangy sour cream glaze. A grown-up dessert that turns the classic cocktail into a chilled, sliceable showstopper.

Obsttorte, the German fruit torte built on a buttery pressed shortbread crust, filled with whole fruit set in a glossy fruit glaze, edged in almond meringue, and crowned with vanilla whipped cream. Works with any fruit you love.

Traditional Sicilian cannoli with wine-spiked fried shells and a chilled ricotta filling scented with cinnamon, vanilla, and candied citrus peel. Topped with glace cherries and powdered sugar.