Ideas for 1st birthday cake?!
Answers: Looking for cute ideas for a 1st birthday cake. Any suggestions for type of cake & frostings welcome. I'm not totally anti-sugar, but I also don't want it to be loaded with it.
banana bread or pumpkin bread cake...
or a spiced apple cake..all those from a box. I wouldn't try going from scratch..not worth it!
you can put a cream-cheese frosting on top, or a homemade buttercream (food.com has some frosting recipes)
just make your frosting homemade and it will be so delicious!
you should buy one. Kids like cartoon cakes.
vanilla cake with choclate icing with pink letters(if not girl blue icing for a boy)
a yellow cake mix, with white frosting decratoded with ballons,
Here are a few that are really good & easy to make. Hope this helps!!
Birthday Cake --- Handed down to me from my mother. Yummy!!!!
INGREDIENTS
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1 cup water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 (3 ounce) package fruit flavored gelatin mix
1 cup boiling water
1 cup ice water
1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch baking pan.
Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, 1 cup water and the vegetable oil and blend well. Beat at the medium speed of an electric mixer for 4 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water, then add the cold water.
Poke holes in the warm cake with a fork at 1/2 inch intervals. Pour gelatin over cake. Chill cake for 3 to 4 hours then frost with whipped topping. Keep cake refrigerated.
White Cake with Lemon Filling
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup milk
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
4 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 egg
1 cup whipped cream
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two 9 inch round cake layer pans.
Place 2 cups of the flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the shortening, salt, and 2/3 cup of the milk in a mixing bowl and beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed. Stir in the baking powder. Add the egg whites remaining milk and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and beat for 2 more minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cakes cool then spread Lemon Filling between the layers and frost with Boiled Icing.
To Make Lemon Filling: In a saucepan over medium heat combine 3/4 cups of the sugar, 2 tablespoons of the flour, the orange and lemon juice, and the remaining egg. Cook until mixture has thickened. Remove from heat ant let cool completely before folding in the whipped cream. Spread between cooled cake layers.
Pineapple Pudding Cake--- Awsome & Easy!!
INGREDIENTS
1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups milk
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
Make pudding according to package directions using the milk. Set aside 2 tablespoons of pudding and place the rest in the refrigerator. When chilled, pull the pudding out of the refrigerator, and stir in the pineapple.
In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar, continue to mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 15 minutes. Stir in the reserved 2 tablespoons of vanilla pudding. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
In another bowl, sift together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with 1 cup milk, blending well after each addition. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Set the pans on a wire rack to cool. Remove the layers from the pans.
Once the cake layers have thoroughly cooled, spread the pudding mixture on top of one of the layers (spread mixture to desired thickness - there may be some left over). Place the second layer on top of the filling. Frost the cake with the whipped topping. Refrigerate the cake until serving time.
Uh, you're giving a 1 year old cake?
Nice way to start their life of health.
You should be anti-sugar when it comes to a baby.
Why not make something like something made into a cake shape -- like baked and mashed yams with other steamed veggies they enjoy on there for decoration. Someone who's 1 has no idea what a cake is anyway, it's really for the adults.
get a store bought one with whipped topping instead of butter cream. with all the planning, who has time to cook?
ONE GREAT IDEA IS TO GIVE BABY A SMALL PERSONAL CAKE AND LET HE/SHE DESTROY IT