WTF is a smash cake?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a small cake that parents make (or have made) for their child on their first birthdays. Allegedly looks good for photo ops when the kid "smashes" the cake.
Along the same lines as: gender reveal parties, push presents, babymoons, etc

Back when we didn't know any better, 'we' would just use a piece from the regular birthday cake.

Yeah, how silly were we?

Actually, we didn't smash at all. That would have been considered incredibly rude. My mother saw a smash cake party recently and emailed me "WTF is this all about? There's cake everywhere. Why did they allow X to do this?"

You and your mother need to get laid.

Listen, I think pinterest and blogs and all that shit are so annoyingly "look at me" but I also don't feel the need to email and trash talk to my friends and family about what other people are doing. Because I get d on the regs, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Just give the kid a damn cupcake. All of this is so ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I think smash cakes are pretty darn cute. It's normally the first time the baby has had sugar and cake and it's cute to watch.

You guys are just mean and petty.

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't going to do one but Giant had a deal where the smash cake was free if I bought a sheet cake, so we had a smash cake. It was 12 years ago and I still love that awesome photo of my kid covered in rainbow frosting. Do one or don't do one. It's not awful either way.

I abhor pictures of people with messy faces.

Yeah well good thing i don't run my life around things you like cupcake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think smash cakes are pretty darn cute. It's normally the first time the baby has had sugar and cake and it's cute to watch.

You guys are just mean and petty.

No one objects to giving the baby cake. But getting a specially made cake just for the baby to make a mess of is silly. It's just as cute with a piece of cake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think smash cakes are pretty darn cute. It's normally the first time the baby has had sugar and cake and it's cute to watch.

You guys are just mean and petty.

No one objects to giving the baby cake. But getting a specially made cake just for the baby to make a mess of is silly. It's just as cute with a piece of cake.

As is giving it a twee name. Why can't you just call it "cake"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some in my circle make a faux cake for the baby to smash. Layers of ezekiel bread and greek yogurt, shaped into a mini cake. Guests get the real cake.

No way.

That's just mean and unfair. and it sounds gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Really stupid idea. I get sick seeing the poor one year old eat the cake knowing how sick he must feel after eating all the icing just so the parents get a photo op and the guests can laugh.

You do realize this tradition has been going on for decades? I have a pic of myself trying out cake in 1972. Not the smash cake, but a slice of cake. Really, calm down the baby doesn't fall ill after a few bites of icing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Really stupid idea. I get sick seeing the poor one year old eat the cake knowing how sick he must feel after eating all the icing just so the parents get a photo op and the guests can laugh.

You do realize this tradition has been going on for decades? I have a pic of myself trying out cake in 1972. Not the smash cake, but a slice of cake. Really, calm down the baby doesn't fall ill after a few bites of icing.

+1 except it was 1976 and a chocolate eclair. The really sickening part in that pic is my mom's plaid, wide collared shirt and my faux velour outfit.

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Anonymous wrote:Generally not a fan of unnecessary fads like gender reveal cakes but I did have a smash cake. It was an opportunity to get some cute pictures of him on his birthday with cake since I knew the actual birthday party pictures wouldn't turn out great. I'm understand the smash cake hate but it was adorable watching him play with frosting and eat some of the cake.

Dumbass reason.

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I had never heard of them and in my family we just gave the birthday baby a piece of cake. My sister in law (who has no kids and is a great baker) asked if she could make one for my son (her godson) when he turned 1. It was a miniature 3 layer cake -some may say that is over the top, but what was the harm? She was happy, my in laws were happy and my son just played with it. Had she not offered, I would not have bothered but it made her happy, didn't harm anyone, so why not?

[Anonymous]

A lot of people have smash cakes for their 1 yr old at their 1 yr photo shoot. Some packages even include a smash cake with the session.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of people have smash cakes for their 1 yr old at their 1 yr photo shoot. Some packages even include a smash cake with the session.

Yes, because everyone has a 1 yr old photo shoot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Generally not a fan of unnecessary fads like gender reveal cakes but I did have a smash cake. It was an opportunity to get some cute pictures of him on his birthday with cake since I knew the actual birthday party pictures wouldn't turn out great. I'm understand the smash cake hate but it was adorable watching him play with frosting and eat some of the cake.

Dumbass reason.

First I ever heard that having pictures of your kid or watching him take joy is a dumbass reason. Wonder why you had kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't going to do one but Giant had a deal where the smash cake was free if I bought a sheet cake, so we had a smash cake. It was 12 years ago and I still love that awesome photo of my kid covered in rainbow frosting. Do one or don't do one. It's not awful either way.

I abhor pictures of people with messy faces.

Ditto, it's disgusting.