7,927 vanilla recipes

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.

Hundred-dollar chocolate cake made with mayonnaise-style salad dressing instead of eggs and butter. Moist, fudgy, and topped with a boiled cocoa frosting.

White chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies made with both butter and shortening for a chewy-crisp texture. Loaded with chopped macadamias and white chocolate in a brown sugar-vanilla dough.

Spiced gingerbread dough shaped into edible bowls over an ovenproof glass mold, with star cutouts around the rim. Use leftover dough for classic Christmas gingerbread cookies.

Yeasted cinnamon buns with a brown sugar swirl, tangy cream cheese filling pressed into each center, and a sweet vanilla glaze drizzled on top. Bakery-level from scratch.

Chocolate chip beer cake with sour cream, walnuts, and a cinnamon-sugar swirl baked in a tube pan. Incredibly moist with a tender, dense crumb from the beer and sour cream combo.

Five-layer cheesecake with swirled dark and white chocolate layers on a graham cracker crust. Baked with sour cream, cream cheese, and real vanilla.

Easy breakfast carrot muffins sweetened with sugar substitute, packed with grated carrot, raisins, and a bright hit of orange zest. Diabetic-friendly, single-bowl, and on the table in 35 minutes.

Lighter cheesecake made with blended cottage cheese and low-fat sour cream on a graham cracker crust. A slimmed-down dessert topped with cherry pie filling or fresh fruit.

Peppermint candy cookies with a buttery walnut shortbread shell hiding a pink cream cheese filling inside. Rolled in crushed peppermint and powdered sugar after baking.

Apricot white chocolate muffins with cinnamon-poached apricots, nutmeg, and good quality white chocolate. The poaching liquid adds apricot flavor right into the batter.

From-scratch chocolate fudge layer cake with unsweetened chocolate in the batter and a thick frosting made from 1.5 pounds of melted milk and semi-sweet chocolate beaten with butter. A bakery-quality showpiece.

Pumpkin cream roll with a spiced pumpkin sponge cake wrapped around whipped cream, pumpkin puree, and toasted pecans. An elegant fall dessert chilled until firm.

These creamy and limy ice-cream sandwiches are great treats at a hot summer day. The buttery and crispy cookies are delicious with the lime ice-cream. You will love these sandwiches on both the looking and the taste.

A no-bake chocolate coconut pie with a crunchy shell made from melted semisweet chocolate, rice cereal, and shredded coconut. The filling is a silky bittersweet chocolate mousse swirled with cream of coconut and whipped cream.

Chocolate chip pumpkin cheesecake: silky pumpkin-spice cream cheese filling studded with mini chocolate chips over a chocolate cookie crust, garnished with real chocolate leaves. A showstopping fall dessert.