1,425 vanilla sugar recipes

A nearly flourless Italian chocolate cake made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, ground amaretti cookies, rum, and nine whipped eggs. Three thin, crackle-topped layers that are rich, dense, and deeply chocolatey.

Palm Beach pineapple squares: a chocolate walnut cake base topped with a lemon-scented pineapple layer, baked together into one tropical dessert bar.

Robb's caramel pecan pie: a deeper, richer take on classic pecan pie with a cooked caramel base of brown sugar, butter, and cream poured over toasted pecans. Silky, buttery, and unforgettable.

Fast fruit plate with sliced bananas, strawberries, kiwi, oranges, pineapple, and peaches under a sweetened cream cheese and whipped cream topping. Ready in 20 minutes, no cooking required.

Cinnamon raisin muffins with a farina-boosted crumb, brushed with fruit juice and rolled in sugar for a sparkly, sweet crust. Makes a dozen in 40 minutes.

Rhubarb upside down cake with tightly arranged rhubarb stalks caramelized in butter and sugar, topped with an orange-scented yogurt cake. Best served warm from a springform pan.

Double chocolate slice-and-bake refrigerator cookies with melted chocolate, mini chips, and a hint of cinnamon. Make-ahead dough freezes for 2 months.

Dishpan cookies loaded with oats, corn flakes, coconut, and nuts. A classic farmhouse batch cookie so big you mix it in a dishpan. Crispy edges, chewy centers.

The classic Joy of Cooking devil's food cake with a cooked chocolate custard folded into the batter and whipped egg whites for lift. Finished with caramel icing. A vintage recipe worth mastering.

Chocolate cola cake with real cola in both the batter and the warm cocoa icing, plus buttermilk, mini marshmallows, and optional pecans. A Southern sheet cake classic.

Chocolate chiffon pie in a homemade chocolate pastry shell. Chocolate chips melted with coffee, set with gelatin and whipped egg whites for a mousse-like filling.

Stack spiced almond biscotti into a stunning edible tree centerpiece, cemented with orange marmalade icing. A holiday baking project that doubles as a gorgeous table display guests can eat.

Buttermilk snack cake with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips folded into the batter, topped with a brown sugar walnut crumble. A one-pan crowd-pleaser.

A rich, fudgy Southern chocolate sheet cake made with real Coca Cola, buttermilk, and miniature marshmallows baked right into the batter. Topped with a warm cocoa cola icing that soaks in while the cake is still hot.

A layered no-bake blueberry pie with a creamy pineapple cream cheese base and a glossy blueberry-lemon topping. Chilled in a pre-baked shell and finished with whipped cream.

Old-fashioned poppy seed cake with the seeds soaked in milk for hours to release their flavor, then topped with a pecan custard frosting. Tender, nutty, and heirloom-worthy.