Why Eat Out? Easy Cakes for Breakfast!

My husband and I are almost ready to buy a house! yay! We are finally about there, but with a few things left on the list we are squeezing our pennies. It is a great feeling when you are almost reaching a goal you have set a long time ago, but when pinching pennies you have to find a way to have fun! We have been trying to eat in for all our meals lately and breakfast is no exception.My daughter would have scrambled eggs for every meal if I would let her. So sick of eggs and cereal, I have been making waffles and pancakes. She is two and thinks that since it says cakes at the end of the word they are cakes. So she tells me she wants "cakes" for breakfast. I was thinking, "yum cake for breakfast".  So I started tweaking my recipe for my plain Jane pancakes to... why do you need IHOP breakfast cakes!

PLAIN JANE CAKES
1 cup flour
1 tbs sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 egg
blend together, spray cooking skillet or waffle maker with oil, and cook on med heat to desired golden color.

BANANA CAKES
add
mashed ripe banana

and cinnamon  to batter
top with Carmel sauce (i just use a little from my banana split stash)
syrup
and whip topping






BANANA SPLIT CAKES
add
mashed banana to the batter

top with
desired banana split topping
such as
strawberry sauce, jam or fresh
pineapples
whip topping
Carmel
chocolate
nuts
bananas
whip topping

CHOCOLATE CAKES

add
couple tablespoons coco powder (to desired taste)
chocolate chips to batter
top with
chocolate syrup and mini chocolate chips and raspberries yum!

RED VELVET CAKES
add
red food coloring
1 tsp vanilla flavoring to batter
top with cream cheese frosting
nuts optional

CARROT CAKES
add
1 cup thinly shredded carrots
cinnamon to batter
top with
cream cheese frosting