Healthy Smash Cake Recipe for Baby's First Birthday
Servings: servings
Celebrate your baby's 1st birthday with this healthy smash cake recipe! Made with almond flour and naturally sweetened with fruit, it's a great alternative to traditional cake! {No added sugar}
Ingredients
- 2 cups super-fine blanched almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 large overripe bananas (mine weighed about 184 grams each unpeeled)
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Frosting (optional):
- 35% heavy whipping cream whipped (I used 1 1/2 cups for this recipe)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray two 6 inch cake pans with non-stick cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pans with a piece of parchment paper cut so that they they fit the bottom of the pans.
- In a large bowl, mix together almond flour, cinnamon and baking soda (and salt, if using).
- In a separate bowl, mash the bananas and then whisk in the eggs, applesauce and vanilla extract.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined (do not over mix).
- Divide mixture evenly between the two baking pans.
- Bake in oven for 25-30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool before removing from the cake pan. To remove, run a sharp paring knife around the edges of the cake to help loosen it from the pan.
- Meanwhile, prepare frosting of choice. We chose to to frost the cake with homemade unsweetened whipped cream. Using a knife, spread a thin layer of frosting on the bottom layer of the cake. Place the top layer on the bottom layer and continue to apply frosting until the entire cake is covered. Top with desired toppings.
Notes
- Use overripe bananas (the brown spotty kind) which will be naturally sweeter. It's best if the bananas are as sweet as possible since there is no added sugar in this recipe.
- I highly recommend that you line the bottom of the cake pan with parchment paper to prevent the cake from sticking to the bottom of the pan and for easier removal.
- For this recipe, we whipped some 35% heavy cream using an electric mixer and used that as the icing for the cake for our baby's first birthday. We spread the whipped cream between the two layers, on the top and sides, but you can also spread some over the top. If you prefer, add some icing sugar to the whipped cream, use coconut whipped cream, or make a Greek yogurt or cream cheese icing.
- Some readers have also made this cake into cupcakes to serve to guests or to use as a mini smash cake for baby.
Nutrition
Calories: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 135mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 111IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 3mg
