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We are sharing our favorite first birthday cake ideas today. Your little one’s first birthday is a big day that deserves a special cake. These fun and festive 1st birthday cake recipes are easy enough you can bake them at home or be inspired to order something special at your local bakery. We wish your kiddo a happy first birthday!
Best 1st Birthday Cake Ideas
Start your first birthday celebration for your baby boy or baby girl with a delicious homemade cake! Here are so many mouth-watering first birthday cake recipes that your little one will love for sure. Whether you want to make a healthy cake, a cake with fresh fruit and whole grains, a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, or a vanilla traditional cake with whipped cream on top, we got them all.
Related: How to plan a 1st birthday party
If this is your first time baking a cake — do not worry. Many of these recipes are simple that even beginners can bake them from scratch, and your older kids can even help a little bit too. Why not make baking birthday cakes a fun tradition with the whole family?
1. Grizzly chocolate bear cake
This Grizzly Chocolate Bear Cake is super simple to make and will be a hit at your kid’s party. Plus, who doesn’t love moist chocolate cake? From Taste.
2. Number Cake
Get your vanilla extract, favorite cake flour, and whole milk to make a delicious cake shaped like the number 1 – perfect for your baby’s first cake. From Taste.
3. King of the jungle cake
Little boys and girls alike will love having a “king of the jungle” cake! Be sure to have a round cake pan at hand! From Taste.
4. Healthy First Birthday Cake
Little ones can enjoy it as soon as they start eating solid food, as it has no added sugar (sweetness comes from the ripe bananas), uses coconut flour and coconut oil, and delicious dates! From Healthy Little Foodies.
5. Smash Cake Recipes for Baby’s First Birthday
These recipes are perfect for those with dairy and egg allergies, plant-based families, and those who want to cut down on added sugar. They are made with delicious fruit juice and fruit puree! From Solid Starts.
6. 1st Birthday Cake
Celebrate your little princess’ birthday with a zebra cake (chocolate and vanilla cake batter layered into cake pans that resemble zebra stripes). The strawberry frosting is the most delicious thing ever. From Sally’s Baking Addiction.
7. First Birthday Smash Cake
You won’t find any added sugars or oils in this cake, either. It’s the perfect recipe to help you keep fun traditions while avoiding ingredients you’re not ready for your baby to have yet. From Super Healthy Kids.
8. First Birthday Smash Cake with Yogurt Frosting
This vanilla oat smash cake with plain greek yogurt frosting is an easy and super special first birthday cake. It’s moist, flavorful, and so yummy. From Yummy Toddler Food.
9. Healthy Smash Cake For Baby’s First Birthday
A light and fluffy healthy smash cake with no butter, no oil, and no sugar. Most importantly, this cake just requires five ingredients. Hooray! From Inquiring Chef.
10. Healthy Delicious Birthday Cakes For Your One Year Old’s 1st Birthday Party
Here are many healthy birthday cakes for your kiddo’s special day – blueberry banana cake or raw banana ice cream cake, you choose! From Lemons For Days.
11. How To Make The Best Healthy Smash Cake For Baby’s First Birthday
Here’s a healthy smash cake recipe that uses organic ingredients and no added sugar or preservatives. And it’s so delicious too! From Oh, Everything Handmade.
12. Healthier Smash Cake Recipe {Hannah’s Purple Polka Dot 1st Birthday Party}
This easy whole wheat banana cake is sure to be a hit with your birthday girl or boy! Say goodbye to butter or refined sugars, too. From Kristine’s Kitchen.
13. Sugar-Free Carrot and Date Cake
Let’s make a cake with healthy ingredients, such as carrot and dates. Nice and sweet, yet no sugar added. Idea from Things for Boys.
14. Baby Friendly Cake
Try this baby-friendly cake, perfect for your little one. It comes with two main recipes, an original one and an allergy-friendly one. From BLW Ideas.
15. Healthier Chocolate Cake
Healthier Chocolate Cake tastes like a double chocolate chip banana muffin! No sugar, butter or oil but uses bananas, greek yogurt and honey instead! From The First Year Blog.
16. First Birthday Applesauce Cupcakes
Follow this recipe to make 12 cupcakes that are sugar-free, grain-free, dairy-free nut-free, and oil-free too. But so healthy, tasty, and great for little kids. From Detoxinista.
17. Vegan Birthday Cake
The chocolate cake is moist, made with clean ingredients, and it really is so good. Perfect with kids with sensitive tummy and skin allergies. Idea from Kitchen Of Eatin (link currently unavailable).
18. Fruit Tower Birthday Cake
Layered with naturally sweet and juicy fruits like pineapple, honeydew, mango, cantaloupe, strawberries and basically anything else that’s in season, it’s a dessert that’s as beautiful as it is delicious. From Weelicious.
19. Apple Spice Cake with Maple
This ombre strawberry layer cake is pretty and tastes fresh and like spring. It doesn’t have added sugar so it’s suitable for little ones. From Simple Bites.
20. How to Make a Low-Sugar, All-Natural Healthy First Birthday Cake
This recipe has everything babies like: applesauce, cream cheese, bananas… Healthy and sweet! From Posh in Progress.
21. Baby’s First Birthday Cake Recipe (Low Sugar)
Follow the recipe to make a low-sugar carrot cake with a raw cashew cream icing for a baby’s first birthday cake. From The Vintage Mixer.
22. DIY Healthy Smash Cake
This cake takes about 50 minutes to make, and will be loved by anyone who tastes it. The best part? It’s super healthy! From Hello Bee.
23. Healthy First Birthday Cake
This cake is a fabulous alternative to traditional cakes because it’s a whole foods cake made with natural sweeteners. In fact, you probably already have every ingredient in this cake. Idea from Natural Sweet Recipes.
24. Healthy First Birthday Cake Without Sugar
Made without any added sugar, this first birthday cake is super easy to make, healthy, and delicious! It can also be made ahead of time. From MJ & Hungry Man.
25. Healthy Smash Cake Recipe
Packed with healthy ingredients like applesauce and topped with a delicious homemade frosting, this healthy smash cake is a wonderful dairy-free, gluten-free and low sugar treat. From Nutrition in the Kitch.
26. Healthy Smash Cake
Your little one will be all smiles with their very own healthy smash cake, naturally sweetened and perfectly sized just for the birthday baby! From Love in my Oven.
27. Healthy Smash Cake
This healthy smash cake is made with almond flour and bananas. It’s the perfect option if you’re looking for a no added sugar cake for your little ones first birthday. From Eating Bird Food.
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