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 ...

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 ...

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 ...