Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Anyone not doing cake at party?
Where did the tradition of sitting a whole b-day cake in front of a 1yr old begin? You try your best to give your child the healthiest food you can, but then you want them to shove themselves full of cake for a photo op? I just find it interesting...
Anyone out there not giving cake to baby on b-day?
I think I will put it in front of him & let him have a taste, but I see some parents let their kids devour them- that is going to give baby a tummy ache for sure! I also thought of a cupcake instead of a cake.
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Re: Anyone not doing cake at party?
This is what we are planning to do also.
Yes ma'am
There are healthy options out there...
Applesauce Spice Cake
3 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 1/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
dash of nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped dates
1 1/2 cups ground almonds (optional)
2 Macintosh apples - peeled, cored and finely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 inch square baking pan.
Beat the eggs until they drop like ribbons from the beaters. Continue beating and add the oil in a thin stream. Beat in the 1 cup applesauce and the 1 cup unsweetened apple juice concentrate then mix in the flour gradually until well blended. Add the baking soda, ground ginger, ground almonds and apples. Fold together until well mixed.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F about 40 minutes or until the cake tests clean with a knife or toothpick. Cool completely before frosting.
Sugar-Free Cream Cheese Frosting
Frosts one 2-layer cake
? cup apple juice concentrate
1 pound light cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla extract
? cup finely chopped raisins
1 ? tsp unflavored gelatin
1. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the juice concentrate.
2. Process the remaining juice concentrate, the cream cheese, vanilla, and raisins in a blender or food processor until smooth. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
3. Stir the gelatin into the 2 tablespoons juice concentrate in a small saucepan; let stand 1 minute to soften. Heat to boiling and stir to dissolve gelatin.
4. Beat the gelatin mixture into the cream cheese mixture until well blended. Refrigerate just until the frosting begins to set, about 30-60 minutes. Frost the cake
https://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/tipFirstBDay.htmI'd like to do something like this!
We're doing a some sort of jazzed up muffin, we'll probably get it from Big Apple Bagels - and simply use a tasty cream cheese as frosting.
As cute as the photos are of kids eating/playing with their smash cake - I really wouldn't want to be taking care of a kid with a stomach ache from eating a butt load of sugar they don't normally have. And as much as PP want to say that usually the kids don't eat a ton of the cake, I've been to a few parties where the 1 year old DID eat a ton of their smash cake, if not their entire XL cupcakes.
Beets and blueberries. a little juice will go a long way with coloring.
We are doing a regular, full sugar, homemade banana cake with regular, full sugar, homemade cream cheese frosting. The big Hungry Caterpillar cake will be for the adults and Liam will get a much smaller smash cake for photos (but it will still be large by his standards).
I'm the parent and I will decide when he's had enough cake. Just because I put a whole slab of cake in front of him doesn't mean that I have to let him to eat the whole thing. I see nothing wrong with enjoying a treat on a special occasion.