American cakes recipes costing less than $3.0 per serving

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

This is such a moist and delicious cake. With orange zest in the cake and frosting, it adds an extra element of goodness! You'll never know there is…

Tuxedo Cake

A three layer chocolate cake, with a whipped cream frosting and a chocolate glaze you pour over the top of the cake, sending streaks of chocolate…

Strawberry-Rhubarb Angel Cake

Flavor combinations such as strawberry and rhubarb are classics for a reason--they taste great together! Enjoy them both in this elegant layered…

Cherry Vodka Bundt

Apple Cake made from Apple Skin and Core Pulp

I teach a cooking class to teens and last week we made apple pies. I didn't want to compost all the peels,…

Chocolate Roulade

There's really no need for a special jelly roll pan--I've been using a 10" X 15" sided cookie sheet with success. Using a bent icing knife will…

German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake is decidedly the result of good-old American ingenuity. Deep, dark chocolate cake is layered with a rich filling of toasty…

Margarita Cake

A Vanilla Cake with a hint of lime. Perfect for the summer!

Red Velvet Cake

Skinny Red Velvet Cake

It’s one of my favorites! So rich tasting and super moist. The skinny for 1 slice of this dreamy cake is 250 calories, 6.7 grams of fat and 7 Weight…

A Pauper's Apple Pie

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake

Mmmmm - peanut butter and chocolate are a tempting duo in this this moist and tender cake. Mini chocolate chip…

Coconut Layer Cake with Fluffy Coconut Icing

A light and moist yellow coconut layer cake with a hint of apricot preserves under fluffy white boiled icing…

Strawberry Shortcake in Scones!

These scones make for a remarkable strawberry shortcake, though they are delicious on their own with coffee as well.