Celebrate your little one’s first birthday with this easy, baby-friendly buttercream smash cake recipe! Soft, lightly sweetened, and perfect for messy, joyful moments.
Preheat the oven to 325. Grease 3 small cake rounds (6 inches) with oil or butter.
In a mixing bowl, combine the eggs, oil, maple syrup, sugar, milk, greek yogurt, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla. Once well-combined, add the flour and mix until a smooth batter I formed.
Transfer the batter evenly into the small cake rounds and then bake them in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the cakes are completely cooked through the center.
Carefully remove them from the oven and then remove the cakes from the cake pans and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack.
To make your own baby cream cheese frosting, mix your cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar together. Set aside in the fridge until ready to frost.
Spread a little frosting on the bottom of the dish you will serve the cake on. Just a small amount, about the size of two quarters. Place the first round on top and then frost the top of it so that the frosting layer is about ½ an inch thick. Place the second round on top and frost the top of the second round (also ½ and inch thick). Place the third round on top and frost the top. Option to spread the frosting all over the outside of the cakes to make it a more traditional frosting covered cake or you can leave it "naked" style. Decorate to taste and serve to your sweet little one year old!