13 plain cake recipes

Contribute to your family's Thanksgiving dinner with this rich cake that is sure to make everyone proud of you!

This delectable cake is sure to impress your relatives at the next family gathering. Just make sure you make an extra one for yourself!

For best results slice the cake chilled, but let sit 1/2 hour at room temperature before serving.

If you love banana bread you will adore this simple recipe that's easy to understand and follow.

Protein pancakes blend whole-wheat flour, bran, ground oats, and soy flour for a fiber-packed stack with 14 grams of protein per serving. Hearty, nutty, and built to keep you full past lunch.

This delicious Mexican pot pie is made with all kinds of fresh vegetables, tomato sauce and beans, and topped with cornbread. Serve it with some yogurt and freshly chopped tomatoes, yum.

No-yeast brown seed bread with whole wheat flour, bran, oats, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, honey, and yogurt. A dense, nutty quick bread loaded with seeds and grains that bakes in under an hour.

Morning glory muffins pack shredded carrots, apples, raisins, coconut, and walnuts into spiced whole wheat batter sweetened with applesauce and yogurt. Hearty 24-muffin breakfast loaded with fruit and fiber.

Whole wheat apple bread with peanut butter, oats, wheat germ, honey, and walnuts. Packed with wholesome ingredients and warm allspice for a hearty, nutritious quick bread.

Whole wheat buttermilk waffles with chopped pecans pressed into the top for crunch, served with a warm strawberry-banana maple sauce and plain yogurt. A hearty weekend breakfast.

Vegetable tamale pie with pinto beans, peppers, tomatoes, and melted cheddar under a yogurt-cornmeal biscuit topping. A vegetarian Tex-Mex casserole that swaps cornbread for a lighter tamale crown.

This is plain cornbread, not a corn flavored cake, so don't expect it to be fluffy or sweet. It's great with black-eyed peas, new potatoes, green onions, sliced tomatoes, and buttermilk, i.e., your basic Southern farm fare. It's also very nice cold, broken into bite-sized pieces in a glass of cold milk and eaten with a spoon.

Sacher torte with ground hazelnuts, melted chocolate, and apricot jam under a rich chocolate-butter glaze. A Viennese classic baked in a springform pan.