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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
what kind of 1st birthday cake??
Hey ladies! im trying to start to pull ideas together for my babies 1st birthday and i keep seeing how real cake is bad for the babies and how you should make a carrot cake with cream cheese icing?? Any suggestions?
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Re: what kind of 1st birthday cake??
I agree with PP. It's not like you are giving LO cake every day. Plus, carrot cake isn't necessarily healthier just because it has carrots in it!
In most of the pictures I've seen of friends' kids' first birthdays, most of the cake ends up in a pile of crumbs anyway. I doubt they really eat much of it, but if you are really concerned, you could just give your LO a cupcake so it's a smaller portion.
https://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/tipFirstBDay.htm
I'll be making something off that website. My son already has enough sleeping issues, I couldn't imagine giving him a sugar filled cake and letting him as much as he wanted!
We are going to buy a cake because if I made it, no one would want to eat it! We getting a regular cake....I can't see how a little bit of cake on one day could hurt.
One of my friends told me that many stores will give you a "smash cake" along with the regular cake so you can give it to your LO to destroy.
DD1 Feb 2010
DD2 Sept 2011
You could always make a fruit cake:
I've seen several different ones on Pinterest. One had a half of a watermelon as the bottom tier, a honeydew or canteloupe as the second, and the other as the top.
Real cake - eaten everyday - is bad for everyone! A little bit of cake on a 1st birthday (and their birthdays after that) is not going to hurt them. We did a smash cake for DS - who had not had anything remotely close to sugar. He put his finger in a little bit of icing and made an "icky" face. He took a little more and went to town. It was hilarious. It really wasn't that much, but he sure enjoyed it and he slept just fine that night - he's also still living.
Like pps have said - it's all about moderation. The other thing is, I'm a strong believer that if you either "force" certain foods on kids (like veggies) and ban certain others (a little cake on their birthday), you'll end-up with a picky eater or a kid who hoards sweets, or both. The way to teach moderation is to allow it! Have it on special occasions. As they get older, teach them that although they can indulge, it's not a good idea to do on the regular. You can control it at 1 - but sooner or later they are going to get their hands on regular old cake. There are unintended consequences of withholding certain foods - as good intentioned as it might be.
A had a small cupcake on his birthday(red velvet with cream cheese icing) that he devoured. At his party, the smash cake was a 6 layer cake. Yes, you read that correctly...6 layers. Seuss themed party and the smash cake was the hat. Bottom layer was a 6 inch cake and the other 5 were 4 inch cakes. I trimmed the layers down so each one was only a inch or so high. Because I am that anal, I alternated the layers(vanilla and red velvet). He licked most of the icing off on side and had a couple bites of cake. He had lots of other healthy food at lunch so he wasn't that hungry for cake.
Obviously, I am in the camp of let them eat cake once in a while.