1,880 vanilla wafer recipes

Mom's black bottom pie with a chocolate custard base and vanilla chiffon top in a baked pastry shell. Old-school two-layer dessert from the heyday of American diner pies. Walnut garnish optional.

Any fruit coffee cake layers a tender butter cake with cooked fresh fruit (apples, peaches, apricots or blueberries) and a walnut crumb top. Endlessly adaptable bakery-style coffee cake.

Heritage-style sour milk cookies filled with a cooked raisin and ground walnut filling brightened by lemon juice. An old-fashioned farmhouse treat rolled, cut, and sealed by hand.

Chocolate Velvet cake made with mayonnaise instead of butter or oil for an extra-moist crumb, topped with a broiled coconut-walnut sauce. The unexpected vintage cake that converts skeptics.

Low-sugar oatmeal cookies with walnuts stay diabetic-friendly by swapping half the sugar for a sugar substitute and using egg whites for a lighter bite. Crisp edges, chewy centers, and toasted walnuts deliver classic flavor with less sweetness—perfect for controlled-carb baking.

French toast with fresh blueberries, vanilla, and cinnamon, dusted with powdered sugar and served with warm maple syrup. A classic breakfast ready in 10 minutes.

Diabetic raisin cookies sweetened with boiled raisins, chopped dates, and a touch of artificial sweetener instead of sugar. A soft, fruit-forward cookie built for a low-sugar diet.

Chocolate mayonnaise cake with a caramel-like brown sugar frosting. The mayo keeps this old-fashioned cake incredibly moist without eggs or butter in the batter. Frost immediately for the best texture.

A three-layer chocolate cake with vanilla custard filling and rich chocolate buttercream frosting. Made from scratch with real unsweetened chocolate and whipped egg whites for a light crumb.

Mayonnaise spice cake with raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and chopped nuts. No eggs or butter needed. The mayo keeps this old-fashioned cake incredibly moist with a tender, spiced crumb.

Homemade fig bars with a jammy dried fig filling wrapped in buttery brown sugar dough. Chilled overnight for the best texture, then baked until golden.

Easy amaretto cake built on a doctored yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding, toasted almonds, and a buttery amaretto-soaked glaze. The bundt that fooled every dinner party into thinking you spent all day.

Oreo Midnight Cake with a crushed Oreo crust, semi-sweet chocolate cake, vanilla cream filling, and cocoa frosting. A multi-layer chocolate-Oreo showstopper from scratch.

Cherries jubilee ice cream pie swirls a brandy-spiked dark cherry sauce through vanilla ice cream in a honey-graham crust, then freezes firm. A make-ahead frozen take on the flaming dessert classic.

Upside-down apple tart with caramelized Golden Delicious apples on a flaky cake-flour crust, finished with a brown sugar yogurt drizzle. A lighter take on classic tarte Tatin.

Red and white peppermint cake made with white cake mix and crushed candy canes, topped with vanilla frosting and more peppermint. A festive holiday cake with cool minty crunch.