Funfetti Cake Smash for Baby

Today’s post is special since it’s Isabelle’s first birthday cake! Happy birthday!

I haven’t baked a fancy cake for Isabelle since her M&M gender reveal cake before she was born, so I’m glad I could do this one for her birthday. I have always wanted to make a funfetti and finally had the chance. I first did a 3 tier cake, but ultimately felt the two tier was better for a cake smash (less waste!)

I spent a while looking on Pinterest for cake smash ideas. I had never heard of a cake smash until I was pregnant, but it sounded like so much fun. Of course, I had to do a DIY cake smash with a mini 3 inch cake. (Recipe adapted from Averie Cooks)

I baked the cake the night before and assembled it the day of the photoshoot, which took a few hours. I was ready to photograph the cake smash, but alas, Isabelle was not.

She was interested in picking off the sprinkles and the candle but did not want to touch the cake. In fact, she stood up and walked out the door (ah, the attitude begins)

She also started crying nonstop, and I have plenty of hilarious blooper shots and angry Isabelle faces. It turned out she was teething and was in a lot of pain. She calmed down after baby tylenol, but by then it was too dark.

After all the work baking and decorating the cake, I wasn’t ready to give up. So I put the cake in the fridge for a few days, and photographed the cake smash again when she was feeling better.

This time she cooperated a *little* more since her teething pain improved. She still didn’t want to smash the cake still; instead of a cake smash, it was more of a “cake touch.”