North american summer bake cakes recipes costing less than $2.0 per serving

Carrot Cake the Ultimate

What a way to eat your vegetables! I work hard, try to eat a well-balanced diet, get plenty of exercise and watch my weight. I also absolutely…

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”,…

Warm Chocolate Pudding Cakes

This is one of my favorites. Relatively easy to make and ridiculously good. Wow them with this one!

Zucchini Chocolate Cake

If there's a most-requested recipe for my year this would be it. Mini-chocolate chips and chopped pecans serve as the "frosting" for this cake. I…

Zucchini Chocolate Cake - Solar Baked! with conventional oven option

One of my absolute favorites and most requested cake recipes is this yummy…

Never Fail Chocolate Cake

One of the easiest, and moistest chocolate cakes you will ever bake. My grandmother, Eva Koehler, called it her "never fail" recipe. It is nearly…

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…

Rhubarb-Ginger Upside-Down Cake

Rhubarb cake gets a delightful update with the spicy-sweet addition of crystallized ginger to its caramelized topping. Cake flour provides an…

Chocolate Boston Cream Cake

carrot cake with lemon cream

A healthy yet decadent twist on traditional carrot cake using whole grain flour and natural sweeteners paired with cashews, coconut, and dates and…

Monkey Bread

Lemon Gateau Shenandoah

I created this lovely masterpiece in honor of my daughter Shenandoah whom has chosen to follow in my foot steps. As a child she loved lemons, and…

FRESH APPLE CAKE

I love this cake. Anything with fruit and nuts is wonderful as far as I'm concerned. This cake is great without frosting, however, if you wish,…

Van Halen Poundcake (custom tropical version)

My friend Jenni Field, aka The Balanced Pastry Chef (http://pastrychefonline.com/blog/) customized her famous…

Aunt Birdie’s Easy Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Two Versions)

This recipe brings fond memories of a favorite aunt who was a terrific cook. (My cousin and I used to say the…