Friday, January 30, 2009

First birthday cake - ideas and recipes

Planning your kid`s first birthday party can be very stressful. Your little, tiny, beautiful baby is turning one and you really want to make a memorable event. And actually - since your baby is not old enough to realize what’s really going on, this party is probably more important for you than for the little one.

And very often (as it happened with me), you will be motivated enough to make attempt to create your first birthday cake ever, even if you`v never ever made a cake in your life before…

If you decide to go for a healthy low sugar or no-sugar recipes I recommend the Sugar Free Applesauce and Banana Cake recipe with whole wheat flour, wheat germs, bananas and applesauce (the recipe and a lot more healthy cooking ideas for the little ones you can find on Homemade Baby Food Recipes website – check it out!).

If you want something…well.. a bit more tasty, you can opt for Kassata cake – made with two boxes of grounded baby biscuit (300g each), pack of butter, confectioner`s sugar, a bit of orange juice and a melted chocolate (mix everything and shape it as you wish… you can also add coconut or fruit pieces). Or you can keep it simple and use the cake mix.

And here you can see a few ideas and inspirations for the first birthday cake.

If you decide to go for a theme party, not for some sort of baby blue or pink cake or the “number one party”, the character cake can do the trick. They are really not too hard to make and can look really nice. Here`s my sons first birthday Winnie the Pooh cake.

This is my first ever birthday cake, decorated with a rolled fondant. Also you can make a Barbie cake (but I recommend it for the older girls, they`ll really going to enjoy it).

And remember – whatever you decide, try to make the party as stress free as possible…and to enjoy it as much as possible! Good luck!

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