Along with push presents,
smash cakes didn’t exist when my kids were babies. These are the cakes you give
your precious darling when she turns one, and let her smush, crush and mash
into her face and hair.
I just baked my girls
regular cakes.
But I love the idea of
making the first birthday party extra special by giving your child her own cake
and letting her go to town. I still remember giving my oldest (she’s now 22) a
piece of her first birthday cake. It was her first experience of real sugar and
she was ecstatic.
Of course, by my the 2nd
and 3rd children, cakes were nothing new. Once one kid goes down
that rabbit hole, strictures against white sugar and white flour often go by
the wayside.
Betty Crocker has a bunch of
recipes for interesting, easy to make cakes, using their mixes as a base. My
fave is the Peas & Carrot cake, which adds bananas to the cake mix.
The frosting is cram cheese,
yogurt and carrot baby food and the decorations – frozen peas! No, it's not health food, but some fruit and veggies in a cake are a cool addition.
Of course, I think one year
olds would love any cake.
Here’s pic of my niece with her over-the-top
bat mitzvah cake.
Note: this is a sponsored post and I received a gift card
in exchange for my review. All opinions are my own
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