American cakes recipes with 400 or fewer calories

Orange Zucchini Cake

One year we had a plentiful zucchini crop, so I experimented with a carrot cake recipe I had until it came out right. I love the tangy orange…

Cocoa Zucchini Cake

You'd never know there's zucchini in this ultra-moist, rich chocolate cake.

Zucchini-Carrot Bars

Reminiscent of carrot cake, these garden-fresh sweet bars make a delicious and pretty snack or dessert to take to a gathering. Or set out some of…

Sour Cream Rhubarb Pound Cake

This is a pretty basic pound cake recipe. The addition of sour cream and the rhubarb is what makes it a special dessert. Moist, buttery with a…

Strawberry-Kiwi Trifle

Lemon Pastry Squares (a.k.a Lemon Brownies) - a new take on Lemon Bars!

This recipe has been circulating around the Internet as “Lemon Brownies”,…

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake

Don't let the zucchini fool you the is a very decadent cake especially when you the cake is just cooled but the chocolate chips are still very gooey…

Top of the Line Banana Nut Bread

This bread is light and tender yet firm,, and has a mixture of flavors appealing to the taste buds. I began…

Blender Banana Cake

Title says it all. This is easy and a good idea for kids in the kitchen. I have added some lavender flowers (about 1T) to the batter with lovely…

Chocolate cake

Perfect for birthdays, this is a great recipe for an easy, foolproof chocolate cake. It’s moist and fudgy and will keep well for 4-5 days.

Eggnog and Rum Cake (Cake Mix)

Wonderful holiday cake recipe using cake mix and commercial eggnog.

Chocolate Butterscotch Squares

Autumn Spice Cake

One of my favorite creations. I was going to make my carrot cake which calls for pureed carrots, and realized I had no carrots. It's Fall, and what…

Gluten free Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This is my version of the recipe found on the back of the Pamela's Baking and Pancake Mix bag. It's not my own…

Moravian Sugar Cake

Lititz, PA was founded in 1756 as a closed Moravian community and remained that way for 100 years. The town is built around the Moravian Church…