American summer bake recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Cajun Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce

The Praline Sauce is a stand-alone that will add depth and excitement to any cake or pudding, but it marries…

Nutella Cupcakes

Would you like to bake a rich, light and succulent cupcakes? Then you must go for this cupcake. For those who are not aware of nutella, it is a…

Strawberry-Blueberry Shortcake

This red, white and blue shortcake is perfect for July 4th!

Black Swan Muffcakes...."Mmmmm, So Pink, So Pretty!"

I'm a little late, okay about 4 or 5 days to the Muffcake party, but ever since Salty Seattle suggested them I…

Upside-Down Caramel Apple Pie

If there's pineapple upside-down cake, why not pie? Fall is here and why not use apples instead of pineapple? On the internet there's a few…

Chocolate Boston Cream Cake

Lemon Cheesecake

What do you do when a friend gives you a bunch of lemons from her yard and you have cream cheese in the fridge that needs to be used up? Make a…

Hank's Chilli Fudge

This can be a appetizer or just a plain snack during gamedays. It's real simple and tastes great.

Ruby's Creole Bread Pudding & Butter Rum Sauce

NEVER throw stale bread away! You have the base for an absolutely delicious Creole bread pudding that will…

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…

Van Halen Poundcake (custom tropical version)

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

Cherry Winks ~ Classic Cookies

This is the original recipe for a cookie that won the 2nd Pillsbury Bake Off. They contain dates, pecans, maraschino cherries, cornflakes and a…

Cake in a Cup

I wanted a Pineapple Upside Down Cake. But I wanted something different. So...I went searching...and found a very simple and basic cake recipe. Then…

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…