1,425 vanilla sugar recipes

Chocolate vinegar cake with no eggs or milk, mixed in one bowl using the three-well method, topped with a mocha chocolate frosting made with hot coffee. A Depression-era classic.

Blueberry cream pie with a vanilla wafer crust, a silky vanilla custard layer and a glossy fresh blueberry topping. The berries stay bright, never baked to mush. A chilled summer favorite.

Homemade pralines and cream ice cream, a Southern custard-based ice cream studded with chunks of homemade buttermilk pralines. Real cooked custard churned with heavy cream for a proper old-fashioned ice cream parlor texture.

Crispy Rice Krispies cookies with butter, brown sugar, and optional coconut. Baked cookie balls with a crunchy cereal crunch in every bite. Makes 6 dozen.

Rich, fudgy brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate, butter, and pecans, topped with a homemade chocolate icing. Baked in a jelly-roll pan for thin, chewy squares.

Orange blossom cake, a three-layer white cake filled with orange marmalade and crowned with fluffy seven-minute orange frosting. Classic Southern tea-table dessert.

Creamy cocoa cheesecake on a graham cracker crust with a tangy sour cream topping baked until just set. Rich chocolate flavor from pure cocoa powder, not melted chocolate.

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.

Carrot cake layered with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, walnuts, coconut, and raisins, topped with orange-scented cream cheese frosting. Three layers of moist, spiced cake that gets better overnight.

The classic Southern Living sweet potato casserole: a creamy, custardy mash of sweet potatoes baked under a buttery brown-sugar pecan crumble. No marshmallows here, just a crunchy praline-style topping. A holiday must.

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.

Old-fashioned sugar cookies with a dual-sugar dough of granulated and powdered sugar, flattened with a sugar-dipped glass. Tender, crackly-topped, and buttery.

Texas-style chocolate sheet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and a hot fudge icing poured over the warm cake. A 30-minute one-bowl chocolate sheet cake that feeds a crowd at potlucks and church suppers.

Hawaiian bars with a buttery shortbread crust topped with coconut, dried pineapple, papaya, and macadamia nuts. Tropical cookie bars that freeze beautifully.

Cinnamon coffee cake baked in a tube pan with a buttery crumb topping made from the same base mixture. Buttermilk keeps it moist, and a full tablespoon of cinnamon gives it bold, warm flavor.

Mont Blanc dessert: a crisp meringue base ringed with piped vanilla-chestnut puree vermicelli and crowned with vanilla cream and grated dark chocolate. The classic French patisserie centerpiece.