Banana Smash Cake
If your baby’s first birthday is right around the corner, check out this nutrient-dense smash cake option! It’s soft in texture and rich in brain-building ingredients like avocado oil, eggs, and cream cheese, and the cake batter is sweetened only with ripe bananas.
A typical slice of white cake with buttercream frosting contains about 83 grams of added sugar. With this option, you can skip most of the added sugars (babies don't know what they are missing yet, anyway!) and still provide a celebratory opportunity for baby to smash a naturally sweetened, nutritious cake.
(Please note that the frosting does include a bit of added sugar, but it’s totally fine to leave out the frosting if you’d rather go without.)
Save this recipe - the cake is a great option for toddlers and older kids as well!
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Banana Smash Cake Recipe
Banana Smash Cake
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups spelt flour
- 1/2 cup of plain yogurt
- 1/3 cup avocado oil
- 4 very ripe bananas
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- (1/4 tsp salt)
- 2 tbsp confectioner’s sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup homemade or prepared whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas until smooth (a few lumps are ok).
- Add the oil, eggs, yogurt, and vanilla, and mix well.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Stir until everything is evenly mixed.
- Pour batter evenly into two 6-inch round cake pans.
- Bake for 25-35 min (until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean).
- While the cake bakes, make the frosting: beat all ingredients together until smooth, then refrigerate.
- Remove from heat and cool completely before frosting.
- To frost, cover one layer completely with frosting, lay the second layer on top, and frost. Refrigerate until serving.
Notes
- Keep leftovers for up to 5 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
- Please note that the frosting does include a bit of added sugar, but it’s totally fine to leave out the frosting if you’d rather go without.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
539Fat
32Sat. Fat
12Carbs
52Fiber
7Net carbs
46Sugar
17Protein
12Sodium
348Cholesterol
130