I’m sure some of you are like, what is a smash cake? I used to be in the dark about it but a smash cake is just a little cake made so your 1 year old can dig into it by themselves. It’s normally for their First Birthday. Can you make your own smash cake for your baby’s first birthday? Well, of course you can!!! I had thought about making a smash cake for my baby’s birthday party but time wouldn’t allow that. So, I did the next best thing: made it for a smash cake picture session! WooHoo! To be honest, I thought I was going to have a hard time making the cake and decorating it. But it turns out, I’m not that bad. Which I’m sure you won’t be either!
So let’s get right to it!
This is what I used:
1- box of Pillsbury Purely Simple White cake mix
1- tub of Betty Crocker Cream Cheese Frosting
2- 6″ round cake pans
1- Star decorator and icing bag
Few drops of Red Food coloring
So, you will mix up the cake mix and bake as directed on the box which the timing could be a little less or more depending. But the sure way to tell if they are done is to take a toothpick and insert it into the cake center and if it comes out clean, it’s done. Let them cool. In the meantime, I scooped my icing out of the tub into a bowl and put a few drops of red food coloring in them. Mix it up and add more food coloring until you have the color you desire. Set it to the side. Get your bag and tip (I used the star tip) ready to use.
As you can see, my cakes ended up with the high tops but that’s OK. All you have to do is turn them sideways and cut the top off. Now this part is up to you but I put icing in the center before I put the two pieces together. Then put your left over icing in the icing bag. Once you have the pieces together, you will take the star tip and start on the top about an inch or two from the edge and start icing from the starting point making small circles til you reach the edge. Lift up and start again about an inch or two beside the one you just did. Continue until you have the top done. Then start on the sides at the top doing the same thing as the top. Then wallah! You just made your first smash cake!
