What is a smash cake, you ask? It’s mini cakes that are meant for toddlers to smash with their bare hands, caveman style, and eat until they’re good and messy. Smash cakes are currently trendy birthday favourites amongst parents who would normally whip up these mini treats for their baby’s first birthday. Scroll down and get inspired.
1. Barn cake
Nurture your little one’s love for farm animals with this sweet barn cake from Worth Pinning. We love the attention to details (the “dirt” in front of the barn is grated milk chocolate!). [Recipe here]
2. Pinata cake
Why use your hands when you can smash a cake using a toy hammer? This cool pinata smash cake by Hotly Spiced is filled with mini M&Ms and gold coins. Alternatively, you can fill it with blueberries. [Recipe here]
3. Pretty in Pink cake
For the princess in your life, Food Swoon has this beautiful white velvet cake that’s adorned with pink strips of buttercream fondant. [Recipe here]
4. Mickey Mouse cake
Create this cake for your little Mickey (or Minnie) Mouse. Sprinkle the mini cake all over with red sprinkles and top it off with black mouse ears. [Recipe here]
5. Clown cake
Tickle your tot’s funny bones by making this colourful and fun clown cake. Tip: frost the entire cake in buttercream so that the birthday tot can easily smash it to pieces. [Recipe here]
6. Banana Blueberry cake
Here’s a low-sugar recipe for your little sweet tooth baby. [Recipe here]
7. Striped Mini cake
If orange creamsicles were a smash cake, we imagine they’d look something like this. [Recipe here]
8. Diary-free cake
No dairy? No problem. This coconut flour smash cake is perfect for lactose-intolerant tots. [Recipe here]
9. Sprinkles cake
When all else fails? Cover your smash cake in sprinkles. [Recipe here]
10. Chocolate Peanut Butter cake
Think baby’s ready for his first bite of one of the yummiest flavor combinations ever: chocolate and peanut butter? As long as you’ve already introduced him to these foods, this cake will be the ultimate treat. [Recipe here]
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Image credit: Hotly Spiced, Worth Pinning, Ashlee Marie, The Urban Poser, Chocolate-covered Katie, Betty Crocker.
