American cakes recipes costing less than $3.0 per serving

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THE Bacardi Rum Cake.....adjusted for today's box cake mixes

THE Bacardi Rum Cake.....adjusted for today's box cake mixes

Several years ago Bacardi’s Rum Cake recipe used an 18 ½ ounce cake mix and box of instant vanilla pudding mix.…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2012
Professional
12 votes
88394 views
Mrs. Harvey’s White Fruitcake

Mrs. Harvey’s White Fruitcake

Let me say right up front - fruitcake gets a bad rap. My theory is that many object to the darker types, with lots of spice and molasses. Or the…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2011
Professional
2 votes
24301 views
Paul's Pumpkin Bars

Paul's Pumpkin Bars

Accountant Paul Rainbow was the featured "He Cooks" in a column of the November 1976 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. His recipe, Paul's Pumpkin…

Salad Foodie
Nov 2011
Professional
5 votes
11982 views
Carrot Cake the Ultimate

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…

Amos Miller
Mar 2011
Professional
21 votes
38159 views
Lemon Pastry Squares (a.k.a Lemon Brownies) - a new take on Lemon Bars!

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”,…

Salad Foodie
May 2013
Professional
17 votes
32011 views
Thrifty Pound Cake

Thrifty Pound Cake

My Mom says this is the best Pound Cake she has ever had. This recipe comes from my Italian neighbor Mrs.Salfi. She was a genius when it came to…

Denise Sherin
Mar 2014
Advanced
2 votes
10276 views
Banana Nut Cake with Black Walnut Frosting

Banana Nut Cake with Black Walnut Frosting

Can't believe my history of baking this cake but it's true! Nearly 50 years ago I begged a school cafeteria…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2011
Professional
1 vote
8145 views
Vintage Bacardi Rum Cake

Vintage Bacardi Rum Cake

This recipe came from a friend's Mother's recipe box. It is a vintage recipe from the turn of the century. The recipe calls for a lot of rum, so…

ChaCha Can Cook
Mar 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
14151 views
angle food cake desert with pineapple

angle food cake desert with pineapple

simple low cal desert

bob winters
Apr 2013
Beginner
8 votes
23588 views
Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Chocolate chiffon cake is a light and spongy cake. Goes well with a heavy chocolate ganaché coating.

Robyn Savoie
Feb 2014
Advanced
1 vote
25263 views
Gluten free Sour Cream Coffee Cake

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…

Caryn Talty
Nov 2012
Intermediate
1 vote
13415 views
Pumpkin Custard Cake

Pumpkin Custard Cake

Joann Mathias
Oct 2010
Intermediate
4 votes
7840 views
Tracey's Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Caramel Chocolate Cake

Tracey's Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Caramel Chocolate Cake

Decadent chocolate cake made with homemade peanut butter frosting and topped with chopped Reese Peanut Butter…

ChefTracey WilliamsFrancis
Mar 2010
Advanced
6 votes
35686 views
Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake

Have you ever seen a recipe in a magazine that looked so good you bought said magazine for just that one dish? Have you ever then made that one dish…

The Mom Chef
Mar 2011
Intermediate
4 votes
9988 views
Honey Bun Cake adapted from myblessedlife.net

Honey Bun Cake adapted from myblessedlife.net

This is a beautiful cake when baked in a bundt pan and tastes so much like the famous Honey Buns you find in…

Tamara Daugherty
Jan 2012
Advanced
2 votes
8231 views