4,347 vanilla cake recipes

Classic five-ingredient pound cake with butter, sugar, eggs, cake flour, and vanilla. No leavening needed, just pure, dense, buttery simplicity.

A sugar-free white cake for diabetics, sweetened with sorbitol instead of sugar and lightened with whipped egg whites. A tender, fluffy, snowy white layer that's a versatile base for any frosting.

Angel food ice cream cake layered with vanilla ice cream and topped with sweetened fresh strawberries. A no-bake summer dessert that serves a crowd of 15 in 15 minutes of active prep.

Butter ball cookies (Russian tea cakes) with ground walnuts, cake flour, butter, and vanilla rolled in powdered sugar twice. A melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie with just five ingredients.

Melt-in-your-mouth butter pecan cookies dusted in powdered sugar. Just 5 ingredients, no eggs, and ready in 30 minutes. Shape them into crescents or balls for a snowy holiday cookie tray.

A classic pound cake made without salt or leavening, relying on nine eggs and thorough creaming for its tender, dense crumb. Brightened with fresh lemon juice and vanilla, this low-sodium recipe bakes into a tall, golden beauty in a tube pan.

A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.

Showstopping seven-layer chocolate cake with tender sponge layers and rich butter-chocolate frosting. A classic European-style torte that's all about thin layers and fudgy filling between each one.

Poppy seed bundt cake using yellow cake mix and instant pudding for extra moisture. A dump-and-stir cake with tender crumb and crunchy poppy seeds, dusted with powdered sugar.

Two egg cake is a versatile vanilla cake made with just two eggs, cake flour, and shortening. Bake it as a loaf, layer cake, or cupcakes and frost however you like.

Touchdown football cake: a round yellow cake mix transformed into a football shape with milk chocolate frosting and piped vanilla laces. The Super Bowl party showpiece kids and adults both love.

Kitty litter cake made with crumbled spice and white cake, vanilla pudding, crushed white sandwich cookies, and shaped Tootsie Rolls. The ultimate gross-out Halloween party dessert.

Diabetic devil's food cake, a reduced-sugar chocolate cake with bloomed cocoa, egg substitute, and added sweetener for rich chocolate flavor without the sugar overload.

Cream cheese pound cake folds half a pound of cream cheese into a classic butter-and-sugar pound cake batter for a tender, dense crumb with subtle tang. Almond and vanilla extracts deepen the flavor.

Lovelight chiffon yellow cake: feather-light two-layer yellow cake with a meringue folded into the batter for extra airiness. Classic 1950s tender-crumb cake.

Elvis Presley's pound cake with seven eggs, heavy cream, and cake flour started in a cold oven. A dense, buttery Southern pound cake with a velvety crumb and golden crust.