10,000 crema recipes

Rice cakes topped with reduced-fat cream cheese, mandarin oranges, kiwi, and fresh strawberries. A colorful, low-fat no-cook snack ready in 10 minutes.

A cooked vanilla fudge recipe beaten with marshmallow cream for added fluffy creaminess.

A classic French Alsatian apple tart with a rich cream cheese pastry crust, sliced Granny Smiths, and a silky vanilla-mace custard. Rustic, elegant, and freezer-friendly.

Vintage molded gelatin salad with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, marshmallows, chopped nuts, and whipped cream. A retro potluck classic that sets overnight.

A hearty quiche loaded with spinach, bacon, mushrooms, Swiss, cheddar, and cream cheese in a buttery cream cheese crust. Ski lodge comfort food for brunch or dinner.

Russian pastries (pirozhki) with a tender cream cheese dough wrapped around savory ground beef, sour cream, dill, and chopped egg. Make-ahead friendly and freezer-stable for up to a month.

Gery's cheesecake is a classic New York-style cream cheese filling baked in a deep-dish graham crust, finished with a tangy sour cream topping. The diner-counter cheesecake your grandmother kept in her recipe box.

Microwave peach Melba cheesecake pie with a graham cracker crust, almond-scented cream cheese filling, and raspberry jam topping. Ready in about 20 minutes.

Classic Italian ricotta torte in a double-crust pastry with ricotta, cream cheese, candied fruit, and a splash of rum or brandy. Silky, not heavy.

Chilled raspberry soup with sour cream, dry sherry, pineapple juice, and grenadine, thickened with gelatin and refrigerated overnight. An elegant cold dessert soup.

Three-layer apple torte: buttery shortbread crust, sweetened cream cheese filling, cinnamon-sugar apples, and slivered almonds. German-style baked in a springform.

Kirsch-soaked tart cherries layered over ladyfingers and topped with almond cream cheese mousse, finished with chopped pistachios. An elegant German-inspired parfait.

German cherry dessert Meersburg layers kirsch-soaked tart cherries over ladyfingers, then crowns with almond cream cheese mousse. A no-bake riff on Black Forest flavors.

Oyster spinach soup with pureed oysters in a creamy milk and half-and-half base, finished under the broiler with a golden cap of whipped cream.

A silky no-bake cheesecake on a buttery graham cracker crust, set with gelatin and lightened with whipped cream, topped with fresh strawberries. No oven required.

Creamy sour cream cheesecake studded with semi-sweet chocolate chunks on a chocolate cookie crust. Baked, then slow-cooled in the oven for a crack-free, silky finish.