7,927 vanilla recipes

Macadamia pie with double ginger: candied crystallized ginger and fresh grated ginger folded into a brown sugar filling. A Hawaiian-Australian twist on pecan pie, served with warm chocolate sauce.

In this recipe, chayote's delicate texture and taste combine with almonds, sugar, brandy, eggs, cream, raisins and sponge cake to make an elegant pudding-like filling for the pale-green shells.

Lithuanian strawberry torte layers three light butter cake rounds with whipped cream, currant jelly, strawberry preserves, and pecans. Eastern European holiday celebration cake.

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.

A light, fat-free poppy seed bundt cake built on apricot puree and egg-white meringue, finished with a tangy lemon glaze. A clever lower-cal cake that doesn't taste compromised.

Layered coffee cake with a cinnamon cereal crunch swirl baked in a bundt pan. Vanilla yogurt keeps the crumb moist and tender while the cereal layer adds serious crunch.

Chocolate fudge pudding cake that bakes its own sauce. Hot milk poured over cocoa batter creates a gooey chocolate sauce underneath a tender cake layer with almonds.

Sweet potato pie blends mashed sweet potatoes with butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, eggs, and evaporated milk into two pies. Southern Thanksgiving classic.

Green-and-white peppermint pinwheel cookies, sliced from a swirled frozen log. A classic Christmas icebox cookie with spiraled layers of vanilla and mint dough.

Marbled chocolate cookies with sour cream, melted chocolate folded into vanilla dough for a swirled effect. Soft, cakey, and baked low and slow for no browning.

Two-layer chocolate cheesecake with a dark chocolate base and creamy vanilla top in a chocolate cookie crust. The Kraft Philly classic with no springform required.

No-bake lemon poppy seed tarts with vanilla pudding filling, graham cracker crusts, and lemon whipped topping. A light, low-calorie dessert that sets in the fridge.

Molded chocolate mousse set in a loaf pan with gelatin, coffee, rum, and whipped egg whites for lift. Sliceable dinner-party dessert topped with vanilla whipped cream.

Penuche topped cake with a brown sugar, butter, and nut streusel baked right on a vanilla sheet cake. Served warm with whipped cream for a caramelized, crunchy finish.

Coffeecake Eschmann with a tender vanilla cake base and a thick cinnamon-butter streusel topping, baked in a sheet pan and dusted with powdered sugar. Feeds a crowd easily.

Harvey Wallbanger cake built from an orange cake mix, vanilla pudding, and vodka, then drenched in an orange juice, vodka, and Galliano glaze. The 1970s cocktail-turned-bundt strikes again.