7,927 vanilla recipes

Old-fashioned mace cake baked in a bundt pan with butter, five eggs, and a full teaspoon of mace for a warm, nutmeg-like flavor. Simple and elegant.

Classic French currant tart with a vanilla butter pastry shell, silky pastry cream, fresh red currants, and a kirsch-currant jelly glaze edged with toasted almonds.

A semi-homemade coffee cake using white cake mix and vanilla pudding for extra moisture. Swirled with cinnamon, cocoa, sugar, and chopped nuts, it bakes up rich and golden for brunch or weekend treats.

Swirled pink cherry and dark chocolate batters baked in a bundt pan and drizzled with chocolate glaze. A stunning marble cake that starts with a box mix.

Layered ice cream pie with butterscotch sauce: a graham-walnut crust layered with coffee and vanilla ice cream, topped with warm homemade butterscotch and toasted walnuts.

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.

You don’t need an ice cream maker to make this, but you do need a food processor. I use a banana and a small amount of honey to sweeten the yogurt. (See the banana-only variation on this recipe below.) You can serve it like soft-serve ice cream, or let it freeze solid so that it’s more like regular frozen yogurt.

Chocolate red beet cake: deep cocoa cake with mashed beets baked into a moist, tender crumb you'd never guess was hiding a vegetable. An old-school secret-ingredient cake.

Homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur with just four ingredients: instant coffee, sugar, vanilla, and vodka. A slow-simmered coffee syrup base that tastes like the real thing. Great for gifting.

Creamy coffee mocha punch with chunks of chocolate and vanilla ice cream floating in chilled coffee, topped with almond-vanilla whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg.

Mini cherry cheesecakes baked in a muffin tin over a vanilla wafer crust, topped with glossy cherry pie filling. Creamy individual portions, make-ahead, and no springform pan required.

Copycat Orange Julius blender drink with vanilla instant pudding mix and whipped topping powder folded into orange juice. Foamy, creamy, and ready in 10 minutes for a thick mall-style smoothie.

Raspberry Alaskas tuck fresh raspberries and vanilla ice cream inside crisp puff pastry shells, then cloak the whole thing in glossy meringue and flash it under high heat for a hot-and-cold dessert that hits the table the second it browns.

Overnight cheesecake with a blender-smooth cream cheese filling in a graham cracker crust, topped with sweetened sour cream. Chills overnight for a dense, creamy set.

Elegant French-style bread pudding layered with dark sweet cherries, baked in a rich egg custard, and topped with silky homemade vanilla sauce. A show-stopping dessert from simple ingredients.

Impossible chocolate cheesecake forms its own crust as it bakes thanks to Bisquick mixed right into the batter. Coffee liqueur, almond extract, and a sour cream chocolate topping make it bakery-worthy.