Last week I opened an email from Etsy advertising something called a “cake smash outfit.” While I had dabbled in baby cake smashing, the photo of this baby—adorned with a satellite dish-sized floral ...

The latest trend in baby birthday parties is letting the toddler loose on his or her very own birthday cake. These usually tiny round, square or shaped cakes are only big enough for the child, but ...

Over the summer, we celebrated our daughter’s first birthday. To commemorate the event I decided to bake her a smash cake. I mean, really, can you think of anything cuter than a baby deep in cake?

For some kids, like 1-year-old Viviana D'Ippolito, sugar is an acquired taste. When prompted to dig into a turquoise buttercream cake with a dollop of frosting, "Vivi," wearing a tiny silver crown in ...

Dressed in a pink dress with a flower in her hair, little Elle stared at this odd thing in front of her. It was covered with pink rosettes and propped up on a stand. She had to be coaxed by mom, a ...

When Milwaukee-based food blogger and author Philia Kelnhofer first told her parents that she was making a smash cake for her son’s first birthday, they were confused. “They literally looked at me ...

See how these real-life sweet tykes had a birthday bash to remember Melissa Threatt of Long Beach, Miss., writes: "My son gave 'wearing' his cake a whole new meaning on his first birthday! He had so ...

If, like Siggy Flicker, you shiver at the thought a beautiful cake being destroyed, you may take this news hard. It seems that a new birthday trend is for celebrants to smash their fists and/or faces ...

Upon first glance at the above photo of four babies enjoying a first birthday cake smash, everything seems totally normal, right? Why don't you go ahead and do a little double-take though, because ...

If you're going to be covered in ketchup for your first birthday photos, it had better be fancy ketchup. One Houston baby threw out the traditional smash cake idea and went for smashing into a ...