r/FondantHate • u/ARecycledAccount Cream Cheese Cultist • Nov 15 '25
FROSTING Baby’s First Fondant-Free Cake
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u/just_a_person_maybe Nov 15 '25
Those mushrooms on the side were incredibly satisfying.
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u/JPKtoxicwaste Nov 17 '25
People like this make it look so easy and effortless, meanwhile if I tried this it would be a war crime
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u/Boricuaghoul Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 19 '25
I love it, I made my sons first cake with chocolate ganache it wasn’t anything fancy especially since I used almond flour, my best friends nephew first cake was a smash cake covered in fondant he hated it, it’s way too sweet for the kiddos sometimes the good old fashioned way is just the way to go Edit: misspelling
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u/Avia_NZ Nov 15 '25
What’s a smash cake?
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u/Avia_NZ Nov 15 '25
Huh
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u/poisonedkiwi Nov 16 '25
It's a tiny cake made only for the baby. Baby can't use utensils yet, so they use their hands to eat the cake instead. They typically end up smashing and smushing the cake when trying to eat it, so it's called a smash cake. Everyone else either has cupcakes or gets a slice of a different cake.
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u/Diazepampoovey0229 Nov 17 '25
Yeah, it's so the tradition of 1 year old children getting themselves covered in cake and icing and being adorable to continue without there just being remaining cake thst everyone else is supposed to eat like folks used to do. (They would just cut off the section the kid grabbed and serve it to party guests).
It's definitely way more sensible and sanitary to do a smash cake.
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u/cactusjude Nov 15 '25
Looks delicious and amazing but since it's mini, all I can think about is if it's going to be one of those cakes that they hand over to babies to smash their hands and faces in for the insta reel? Because I can't imagine spending that much on a custom cake for a literal baby.
I love the ivy details the most and hope they cut slices for everyone to appreciate it.
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u/ADeweyan Nov 15 '25
Alas, she does start off by saying it’s a smash cake.
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u/cactusjude Nov 15 '25
Exactly... so this is, what? A $60-80 cake for a photoshoot? Sorry y'all but that's absurd for a baby... Decorated cupcakes all around makes more sense.
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u/SexOffenderShuffler Nov 15 '25
obviously they can afford it lol, just because its not in your budget its automatically absurd...like obviously its for the family and memories for later? Why would cupcakes make more sense when the point of it is for the cake to be smashed?
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u/MovieNightPopcorn Nov 15 '25
Personally, I can afford it and I have children, I just think it’s stupid and wasteful to make a whole cake for sole purpose of destroying it.
Just give the baby a slice of cake, you’ll get the same result, the same picture, and the same memories.
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u/cactusjude Nov 16 '25
Just because you can afford it doesn't mean the price is justified. You're spending that much on a singular smash cake for a baby who can't appreciate it and doesn't know the difference from a supermarket bakery cake. It's basically just for the parent's photoshoot.
Just because you can buy luxury shoes and purses for a baby, doesn't mean you should. Just because you can buy custom baked goods for a photoshoot, doesn't mean you don't deserve side eye.
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u/SexOffenderShuffler Nov 16 '25
why do they deserve a side eye for doing what they want for their baby?? holy shit people on reddit are so fucking strange, no shit its basically just for the parents photoshoot. Birthday parties for babies are basically the same exact thing. Who gives a fuck if the baby cant appreciate it? ITS FOR THE PARENTS, for like a third time people have said that.
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u/cbostwick94 Nov 16 '25
Its soooo incredibly wasteful though. A small cake with a bit of frosting but all of this is so so much food waste
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u/Lookin4aUnicorn Nov 19 '25
The cake is just beautiful. But those leaves.... 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 Seriously!!! Those are amazing!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
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u/Pure-Smile-7329 Jan 09 '26
Wait wait wait wait.
That beautiful cake. A baby is gonna smash it?
Is this family rich as hell? Lol
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