I'm looking for cake ideas.
I have been a long-time fan of Smitten Kitchen's monkey cake:
https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/09/monkey-cake/Probably this is what we'll go with, but I'm worried about sugar. There's a fair amount of sugar in both the cake and the frosting. I might try to leave it out of the cake or at least cut it down significantly, since the frosting is sweetened. I might also make the big cake without a monkey face and focus on decorating just the smaller cake for LO. Because I'm lazy.

What do you plan to do? Any interesting recipes or cakes you'd like to share?
Re: Baby's first birthday cake!
The sock monkey was pretty easy, not costly and there's a ton of there. Check out Pinterest for some ideas.
For food, we are just ordering pizza. Maybe some veggies and chips to go with it. It's just family, but I'm keeping it simple.