Easy Recipes to Make In Your Dorm For Under $5

Roll up your sleeves and grab a whisk; it’s autumn which calls for getting crafty in the kitchen. When it comes to baking in college, you value two things: affordability and convenience. That’s why three ingredient baking is our favorite method of baking. With these simple ingredients, you can bake to your heart’s (and taste buds’) content. All you’ll need are some cookware, an oven, and a few ingredients that will cost you less than five dollars. 

Pumpkin Spice Cake 

All you’ll need for this classic fall treat is your choice of autumn-themed cake mix (Duncan Hines’ Spice Cake is recommended) and a can of pumpkin purée. No eggs? No problem. Using pumpkin purée as an egg substitution makes the cake mind-blowingly moist. Just combine the two ingredients, stir, and follow the baking directions on the back of the cake box! 

Ingredients:

-1 Box of of Spice Cake Mix

-1 Can of Pumpkin Puree 

– Water (as needed)

 

Funfetti Cupcakes

Every rainy day, birthday and sleepover have involved these rainbow speckled treats. Funfetti cupcakes truly are a cheat day treat that makes you smile right as you take a bite into the fluffy vibrant texture! During my freshman year, my friend and I whipped up this recipe and had everyone turning heads in the building at the heavenly smell. Grab any fruit-flavored soda to add to the Funfetti cake mix. We used Sprite; however, Sunkist or Orange Fanta would taste delicious! 

Ingredients:

-1 Box of Funfetti Cake Mix

-1 Can of Soda (flavor of your choice)

Apple Muffins

These muffins will make you want to curl up to a good book with a cup of tea. The oldest vegan life hack in the book is using applesauce to replace eggs and this recipe proves how good it tastes to be egg-free! With a box of Spice Cake mix, two cups of applesauce, and a finely diced apple, you can capture the essence of fall baking for under ten dollars!

Ingredients:

-1 Box of Spice Cake Mix

-1 and a 1/2 Cups of Apple Sauce

-1 Apple 

Embrace this fall season by baking up some easy treats for you and your gal pals. These easy budget friendly recipes are also a great idea for a sorority event or a non-profit bake sale! Enjoy these decadent sweets! 

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