MLE's First Birthday Smash Cake (added sugar-free)
The perfect added sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten and grain-free, first birthday cake for your baby's special day! Easy to make and so moist your baby will easily smash into it for those adorable first birthday smash cake photos!
Equipment
- 3 round baking pans (6 inches in diameter)
- 1 round baking pans (8 inches in diameter)
- Choose one or the other and double the recipe if you’d like more layers (6 x 6 inch pans or 2 x 8 inch pans)
Ingredients
Cake Batter
- 1 cup Medjool dates (pitted)
- ½ cup water
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup almond or peanut butter
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Coconut Whipped Frosting
- 4 x 13½ oz cans of full-fat coconut milk
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place 4 cans of coconut milk in the fridge overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease round springform pans with coconut oil.
- In a blender or food processor, combine dates and water and blend until smooth.
- Add in the eggs, almond butter, vanilla, baking soda and salt and blend again until smooth.
- Divide batter evenly between the cake pans and smooth the tops with a spatula. Bake for about 25 min if using an 8 inch pan, or for 10 min if using 6 inch pans, until lightly golden.
- While the cakes bake, remove the coconut milk from the fridge and turn the cans upside down. Using a can opener, open the cans from the bottom and discard the water that separated from the cream.
- Scoop the thick cream into a small mixing bowl. Add the vanilla extract and whip with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Place in fridge until cake is done baking.
- Remove cake from the oven and out of the pans to cool completely. We recommend placing them in the fridge for an hour or two, if you're able.
- Stack each cake layer on top of another on a cake stand, spreading mashed berries or extra frosting in-between each layer for added moisture.
- Immediately frost the cake, top with fruit (if desired), and enjoy!
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Notes
Store at room temperature for 2 days, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to a week.
Add in strawberry or raspberry chia seed jam between each layer for a more fruity flavor. We have the perfect recipe in our 60 Day Baby Led Feeding Meal Plan!
And if you want to make this even easier - skip the coconut frosting and just use plain, full-fat Greek yogurt! Tastes good, is easy to spread on, and looks just like icing.
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