Ava’s 1st Birthday Cake - Healthy and natural
November 6, 2016
: The cake tin that was used was the Wilton Easy Layers cake pan set from Amazon link can be found here www.amazon.com/shop/babyledweaningideas , this is a five 6 inch pans. If you do this elegant style 1st birthday cake you will need to just bake 1 batch of the cake ingredients below. The flowers on the cake were from Target (Australia, but i am sure you can find them on Amazon or your local supermarket) they were just cornstarch and water!
: 15 min
: 45 min
: 1 hr 15 min
: Easy
Ava’s 1st Birthday Cake - naturally sweetened!
Ingredients
- • 4 large Bananas
- • 10 Medjool dates remove seeds
- • 6 Eggs
- • 1/4 cup Coconut oil melted
- • 1 cup Coconut flour
- • 1 tbsp Mixed spices or just cinnamon
- • 1.5 teaspoons Baking powder
- • 1/2 cup Blueberries
- Icing
- • 2 cans Coconut milk (not coconut water) ensure you buy the FULL FAT milk (leave in the fridge over night before making the icing) * another option is to use full fat cream cheese instead of coconut milk (blend with the vanilla essence until light and fluffy)
- • 2 tbsp 100% Pure Vanilla Essence
- Decoration
- • 3/4 cup Blueberries
Directions
- Step 1 • Preheat oven 170 degrees and grease pan. Blend seedless dates in the blender, then add bananas and quickly blend (don’t over mix). Pour blended ingredients into a bowl, then add/combine coconut flour, eggs, coconut oil, mixed spices and baking powder. Once combined leave mixed ingredients to sit for 10 minutes waiting for the coconut flour to expand.
- Step 2 • Stir through blueberries, the pour combined ingredients into your greased cake tins and place into the oven for 45min or until cooked in centre (test with a wooden skewer)
- Step 3 • Make the icing: spoon out the ‘top of’ the coconut milk cans (not the liquid only the condensed milk that has been set), place into a bowl, add vanilla essence and whisk until icing is nice, fluffy and forms peaks. Now place into the fridge to keep cold
- Step 4 • Back to the cake, once cooked. Remove from tray and leave to cool on a rack.
- Step 5 • Time to ice the cake: use a cake knife or spatula to ice the layers of the cake so they stick together than smooth out and ice the whole cake. Feel free to decorate with flowers or additional blueberries.
- Step 6 • Enjoy and have an amazing 1st Birthday Party!
If you would like to bake a 2-tier NUMBER 1 cake (picture below) that serves a party of 30+ you must DOUBLE the cake ingredients and repeat the same cake making process again for the second layer. Note: 1x layer cake takes 45minutes to cook thus double that if you are making a 2x layered cake. The tin used to make the cake below was Wilton Cake Pan 13 inch x 9 inch Silver.
This recipe is amazing! Made this cake for my sons 1st birthday and it was a hit. We doubled the recipe as we had a two tier cake. Was so great that my son could eat some of his cake as I wouldn’t have allowed him to eat ordinary sugar laden cake. ?
Glad you, bub and everyone else enjoyed it! It’s so yummy ? and so healthy at the same time! Well done mumma x
So happy to find a truly sugar free cake recipe! I want to make it for my sons birthday and was hoping to use a giant cupcake mold. Do you think the icing you have suggested will work through a piping bag? I’m excited to try it!!
It is a very yummy cake for everyone. it should work through a piping bag! let us know how you go and send us some pics! would love to see x
Love this recipe! I’ve found this whole website super helpful when it comes to meal and snack ideas, and I was very grateful to find a cake recipe that wasn’t full of sugar that my son would still enjoy. I made the cake into a football (my son was born on Superbowl Sunday, I think he’s going to have a football themed party every year hahaha) and used a bit of cocoa powder and food colouring for the icing and it turned out great. He actually wasn’t a fan of the icing, but once I scraped off what was left after the cake smash, he loved the cake!
Amazing! Happy 1st birthday to your little boy x
This recipe looks awesome! Do you think it would be ok to use this recipe for cupcakes/buns instead of a cake or does it matter.. (I have no clue when it comes to baking ?)
It would be totally fine! I have made cupcakes from this cake recipes before so go for it! ??
Would it be possible to use normal plain flour instead of coconut flour? If so, what quantity and would I need to use more eggs or anything else? thanks
Use the same quantity ?
Can this cake be made with just egg yolks instead of whole eggs?
Should be fine! But have never used just egg yolks. Maybe add one more yolk to make up for the egg white. Any reason why can’t put egg white? X
If I make the cake the night before my bubs birthday, will it still be fresh the following day?
Yes. Wrap the cake up in gladwrap and leave in a dry cool place (not the fridge) and Just don’t put the icing on until the morning. ?
Hi, can this cake be frozen? I’m wondering about freezing the two sponges before icing them, then defrosting the night before, and icing on the day of my daughter’s party – would that work?! Thanks!
Yes it can be frozen ? then defrosted x
Made a 3 tiers 8 inches cake with this recipe. My friends & family loved it for its flavourful taste. Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. I might make it again because I didn’t get to eat enough of it before it was all gone already.
Great to hear! Thanks for the feedback x
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Looking forward to trying this recipe. Thanks for sharing. Is it possible to prepare the dough a day in advance and bake the cake on the day?
Thank you
Yes could get away with it! X
Yes I would only suggest a day or two ahead x
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Thanks for this recipe. Can i prepare the dough a day in advance?
Thank you
Yes a day before or can try freezing x it’s always better fresh though
Hello! Great website! Can I use rice flour instead of coconut flour? Thanks in advance and greetings from Chile 🙂
Try it! Should work fine. X
My son’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks (where did time go?). As we love your recipes, I’ve decided to make this cake. I just have two questions. Should the bananas be overripe or just ripe? I can no longer find fresh blueberries (which is a shame as they’re my son’s favorite). Do you think frozen would work in the cake? I’d use another fruit for decoration.
The more over ripe the bananas the sweeter the cake will be so I suggest you keep them til they are over ripe ? frozen blueberries should work the same ? have an amazing day! And happy birthday to your son ? they grow up way too quick! Let us know how your cake goes would love to see photos xx Rach
Thanks! I’ll be making the cake next weekend. I can’t believe he’s going to be 1 in a few days. I’ll take some photos though I imagine it won’t be very pretty. My baking never is!
I am sure it will look lovely! Happy birthday to your little man xxx let us know how you go! You can pm me on Instagram (babyledweaningideas)
Can this recipe be used to make cupcakes? Also, would butter work as an alternative to coconut oil?
yes sure can! and yes to butter. I would cook the cupcakes a little less time wise than the full cake.
Has anyone made this cake without eggs? My little one is allergic to egg. What was the best substitute? 6 eggs seems to be so many to substitute with just applesauce. I’m considering doing a combination of applesauce and another substitute. Thoughts?
Could try flax egg babe x
That sounds delicious! I will try to make it for my LO first birthday!!:) the only question is : can I use something else instead of coconut milk for icing like double cream or crammed fraiche with fruit like banana? Thanks a lot!!!
yes you sure can! or you can use cream cheese with fresh fruit or add some vanilla!
Also just to check if I make a layered cake how long do I cook it in Wilton pan in the oven?thanks again! Much appreciated!! X
yes in the oven. the instructions should have time and temp.
Any tips on how to get it out of the cake tin?!? I really greased the tin with butter but it all stuck and crumbled! The crumbs taste lovely though! ?
use coconut oil! or line with baking paper x
Should I use butter in this recipe instead of coconut oil? Or even olive oil?
I haven’t tried with butter but should work ok! X let me know how you go
I made your 1st Birthday cake recipe for my son yesterday and it came out fab, the kids loved it so I thought I’d share a few of the pics with you. Just wanted to say a big thank you for all your fantastic recipes for the little ones plus all the helpful advice/suggestions on here. I’ve been using the recipes since I weaned my first baby who is now 2 and a half and they helped me so much with both their blw journeys! So thank you! ?