![]() ![]() And Mom loved the lavender theme that we did so much, that she decided we should do a lavender cake smash too And if you know me, you know that I LOVE anything purple So this was really exciting for me to plan for them. After all, why would you order a beautiful cake, dress up a 12-month oldand then take numerous photos of the child destroying the yummy cake and getting all messy Cake smashes are very popular, bringing families together in a unique, fun and memorable way. It’s also added sugar-free, it’s gluten and grain-free, in case that’s where you’re at with your baby, and it’s dairy-free. It seems like just yesterday that baby Harper was here in my Newington, CT studio for her newborn photos. To someone entirely unfamiliar with the idea of a cake smash photography session it may seem weird, to say the least. And that’s what you want for the pictures…right?! Like if your baby goes and digs their hands into it, it’s going to fall apart, crumble, and get all over them. It’s SO easy with just a few ingredients that I always have in my cupboard.Īnd you guys, the texture of this cake is perfect. This 1st birthday cake smash turned into a sweet family affair & both boys were SO excited. Just a big X for me.īut do I have THE recipe for you! The perfect baby led weaning cake recipe !Īnd the best part is that I’ve now made this recipe tons of times, and I actually now use it as our staple cake recipe for EVERYTHING (adults and kids alike). This is your sign that you can have your cake & eat it too. Like it doesn’t taste good AND it doesn’t look good in photos because your baby can’t even get into it and smash such a hard, dense texture. ![]() They’re dense (because of the low sugar content), they’re dry, and really hard. I will say I’ve tested TONS of recipes out there and so many are really bad (like really bad). Now that all being said, if I were to go back in time and think of what I know now, and especially with the recipes that I know of (that are actually quite easy to make), I would probably find a way to make a cake that’s a little bit more balanced. And b) one time is not going to make any difference at the end of the day, in the grand scope of things. I gave him a real cake and then look, he still hated it years later!Īnd the reason why I did that is because, as mentioned above, I kind of took the perspective of a) I don’t have time to make a cake for this party. I can totally see why this is a first birthday tradition. I made two of these cakes for my friend’s twin sons for their first birthday and it was a huge hit The birthday boys smashed and ate and then smashed and ate some more. Originating from the US, a cake smash is traditionally done just before a baby turns one, and the gorgeous images are used on the birthday invitations. ![]() I’m telling you, until he was about eight or nine, you couldn’t get him to have any kind of cake with buttercream or any kind of sugary frosting in general. Typically smash cakes are small cakes given to babies for the first birthday. We went to our local grocery store and I just picked up a first birthday cake from there.Įspecially my youngest son, who never liked cake for years and years after that. I personally did give them real sugar cakes. ![]()
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