Anonymous wrote:I just baked a cake and gave the baby a piece of it. Baby was fine smashing and eating his/her own piece.

This. Why does baby need a separate cake to smash?

Anonymous wrote:So incredibly tacky. I'm glad this wasn't a thing when mine were little.

+ 1,000,000

Just use a cupcake. Some bakeries will throw in a matching cupcake for free if you order a real cake.

A pathetic trend by a sad generation of parents. Totally misses the meaning of birthday cake and is such a overdone, planned photo op.

Give your child a piece of his cake and let him go at it while the guests enjoy the the rest.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waste of cake

Because cake is in such short supply.

Yes. For millions of people, cake is in short supply. We look like pigs when we willingly waste food for a photo-op.