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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not fond of this practice and didn't do it for DD's first birthday.  We helped her blow out her candles and she got the first piece of her birthday cake - just like every subsequent year - and shared her cake with her guests (which is the point of birthday cake in the first place).  I don't like seeing a blatant and planned waste of food and I like the original concept of a shared birthday wish so much more than a separate "stunt cake" for the baby.  DD ate her first piece of birthday cake and we have cute photographs to remember the messy moment.

I loathe seeing a bride and groom smash wedding cake into each other's faces, too.

I don't think the practice of giving a one-year-old a cake to smash up is "trashy" - just so common and unnecessary.   [/quote]

I do love the original idea that a birthday cake or wedding cake is the shared sweetness and shared wishes of all the assembled guests.  Which is one of the two reasons I never turn down birthday or wedding cake (the other being that I love cake!) I want to share their happiness.  You're right - a "stunt cake" defeats the purpose.

Thanks - DS is only 9 months old but in three months I will make sure to give him the first piece of his birthday cake and share the rest with his friends and family.  [/quote]

So, would cupcakes also defeat the purpose?  Because that's what I did.  My son ate it like there was no tomorrow.  Very little mess because he wanted it all in his mouth.[/quote]

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