American birthday party cakes recipes costing less than $2.5 per serving

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Boston Cream Pie

Boston Cream Pie

The official dessert of Massachusetts since 1996, Boston Cream Pie actually goes back 140 years earlier than that. Created by a chef at Boston’s…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2012
Professional
2 votes
4651 views
Chocolate Cake with Fluffy White Frosting

Chocolate Cake with Fluffy White Frosting

This is the best, easiest cake you will make. It makes the perfect adult Birthday Cake. I have made and sold…

Farrell May Podgorsek
Jun 2014
Advanced
1 vote
10775 views
Bourbon Pecan Cake

Bourbon Pecan Cake

This versatile cake has a mild bourbon flavor. It is a popular adult birthday cake in my family. Chocolate lovers can add chocolate chips to the…

Farrell May Podgorsek
Oct 2017
Advanced
1 vote
3261 views
Top of the Line Banana Nut Bread

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…

J. Gino Genovesi
Apr 2013
Professional
1 vote
7148 views
The Ultimate Birthday Cake

The Ultimate Birthday Cake

A Chocolate Fudge Cake with Cheesecake filling and a Nutella Buttercream Frosting

Laurie Alves
May 2011
Advanced
1 vote
5434 views
Chocolate Fudge Cake (or Cupcakes)

Chocolate Fudge Cake (or Cupcakes)

Both batter and frosting are made with cocoa in this chocolate lover’s delight. Not as rich as Texas Sheet…

Salad Foodie
Apr 2012
Professional
1 vote
2894 views
King Carrot Cupcakes

King Carrot Cupcakes

King-size, jumbo, giant - whatever you call these cupcakes, they are the colossal dessert treats for parties and special events. This carrot cake…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2015
Professional
1 vote
3513 views
Saucepan Chocolate Sheet Cake

Saucepan Chocolate Sheet Cake

A large saucepan can be used to prepare both the batter and the frosting of this sheet cake. Sour cream adds moisture and a more tender texture.…

Salad Foodie
Jun 2019
Professional
1 vote
1505 views
Peanut Butter Frosting

Peanut Butter Frosting

A not-too-sweet peanut butter frosting that pairs perfectly with chocolate cake.

Becki Alfrey
Feb 2011
Intermediate
3 votes
3179 views
Kool Aid Playdough Recipe

Kool Aid Playdough Recipe

Kool Aid playdough is probably the kids favourite playdough recipe - it looks great and it is also tasty!

Miķelis Bērziņš
Apr 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
4684 views
Honey, I Shrank The Tuxedo Cake

Honey, I Shrank The Tuxedo Cake

Here I go again. I've taken a perfectly good recipe and miniaturized it. I can't help myself, I'm drawn to the cuteness of personal size desserts.…

Joann Mathias
Mar 2011
Intermediate
2 votes
3749 views
The Best Carrot Cake Ever

The Best Carrot Cake Ever

Rosalie Williams made the best carrot cake when I was a child. It was her specialty at church dinners. As an adult, I got her recipe because I…

Stan Jenkins
Oct 2013
Beginner
1 vote
4979 views
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

No one eats the last banana at our house, so we have banana cake! This is a moist 2 layer cake made with 3…

Julia Ann Souders
Mar 2014
Intermediate
1 vote
4738 views
Best Carrot Cake Recipe

Best Carrot Cake Recipe

You are going to love this incredibly soft, light and moist Carrot Cake with its ultra-creamy orange zest cream cheese frosting! It truly is the…

Culinary Envy
May 2018
Advanced
1 vote
1963 views
carrot cake with lemon cream

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…

Nikki Gardner
Mar 2010
Intermediate
2 votes
2141 views