Vanilla essence is made from vanilla beans that have been steeped in alcohol. It's widely used throughout the world to flavor desserts, like baked goods, ice cream, beverages, and custards, but some chefs use it as a secret ingredient in savory dishes as well. 
We use very small amounts of vanilla essence to flavour cakes, pancakes, ice creams, puddings, cookies in our cooking. You could also use vanilla extract in the same recipes given below as that has a richer taste than essence.
Indian cakes using vanilla essence
eggless vanilla sponge cake recipe is a super easy cake to make and the best part is that this is a 100% eggless vanilla sponge cake recipe. This cake has been made eggless due to the usage of condensed milk and hence also called as eggless vanilla cake using condensed milk. The vanilla flavour comes from vanilla essence.
Eggless Vanilla Cake Using Condensed Milk ( Cakes and Pastries)
Indian muffins using vanilla essence
The eggless apple cinnamon muffin is so delicious, it will entice even those who are not very fond of apples. The fruity aroma of apples and the delicate smell of cinnamon fill the entire house with their magic even as these apple muffins bakes!
eggless apple cinnamon muffin recipe | apple muffins | Indian style apple muffins |
smoothies using vanilla essence
banana oats smoothie recipe | 3 ingredient banana oats smoothie | healthy Indian banana oats smoothie | no sugar smoothie | To make banana oats smoothie, add the oats in a mixer and blend to a fine powder. Add almond milk, bananas, vanilla essence or vanilla extract and ice-cubes and blend in a juicer till the mixture is smooth and frothy.
banana oats smoothie recipe | 3 ingredient banana oats smoothie | healthy Indian banana oats smoothie | no sugar smoothie |