Healthy Smash Cake (For Baby's First Birthday)
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Healthy Smash Cake (For Baby's First Birthday)
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This healthy smash cake is the perfect first birthday cake. It's made with almond flour, banana and has no added sugar.
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (133 grams) fine blanched almond flour not packed
- ½ cup (140 grams) ripe mashed banana*
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Frosting
- Coconut whipped topping homemade or store-bought OR plain full-fat yogurt OR frosting of choice
Toppings
- fresh berries or sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray 3 (4-inch) mini springform pans with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Whisk eggs in a medium mixing bowl. Add mashed banana and vanilla. Stir until combined.
- Add almond flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Stir until just combined.
- Divide batter evenly between the 3 springform pans and bake for 20 minutes or until the tops of the cakes are golden in color and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove cakes from the oven, let cool for 10-20 minutes before carefully removing from the pans.
- Let layers cool completely before stacking and icing with frosting of choice. I've tested plain full-fat yogurt as well as coconut whipped topping. For toppings, I like the idea of naturally-colored sprinkles or fresh berries.
Notes
- about 1 ½ bananas to get ½ cup depending on the size of your bananas.
- Icing Ideas
- Here's an easy recipe
- easy vanilla buttercream
- Banana: You'll need about 1 ½ bananas to get ½ cup depending on the size of your bananas.
- 6 inch pans: I haven't tried this, but some others have made this cake in three 6 inch pans by doubling the recipe and cooking it for the same amount of time.
- Coconut whipped cream – You can make your own or if you're okay with a little sugar you can use store-bought coconut whipped cream (found in the frozen section). You'll want to let the whipped cream thaw in the fridge and frost the cake right before serving. This is what I used for Olivia's cake and I will note that using it as a frosting between the layers made the layers quite slippery so I'm not sure I would do that in the future. I think yogurt would hold better!
- No sugar whipped cream – If you want a no sugar option you can buy unsweetened heavy cream, whip it with a mixer and use this as a frosting. Here's an easy recipe.
- Greek yogurt – Babies tend to love yogurt and it makes a great frosting option for this smash cake. You can use any flavor you like or even blend fresh berries with plain Greek yogurt if you want a colorful frosting. Regular yogurt will likely be too thin so I recommend using a thick Greek yogurt if you want to use yogurt as your frosting. You can add a little maple syrup and/or vanilla to sweeten it up. To make it, just mix 1-2 cups of plain Greek yogurt with 2 Tablespoons maple syrup and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Ice the cake with the yogurt right before serving.
- Traditional frosting – This will add sugar to the cake, but it's an easy option! I really like this easy vanilla buttercream.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1slice without frosting or topping
Calories
222kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
62mg
(21%)
Sodium
153mg
(6%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 222 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice without frosting or topping | |
| Calories | 222kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 62mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 153mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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