So we have a lot to celebrate this month. Little baby George is turning 1 year old right in front
of your eyes. So crazy. From the very beginning he's been such a chill, happy little baby and
an absolute joy to be around. And of course, as a mommy and a baker and a lover of hilarious moments
where my kid can be covered in cake, I'm going to be making his very first smash cake. So stay
tuned, you're going to see a little bit of behind the scenes of his party, and I'm going to show you
how you can make a really inexpensive smash cake. So the measurements are on my website,
but the great thing about a smash cake, you only need a handful of ingredients. In this bowl,
I have my flour and into it I'm going to add in some baking powder and a little bit of salt and
then just mix these ingredients together. This is ready to go later on. I'm going to put those over
to the side I'm going to bring in my big bowl and here I have some room temperature butter and make
sure your butter is softened so it will whip up. Into this I'm going to add in some white sugar,
so I'm going to use an electric hand mixer to whip up my ingredients. You can also do it by hand,
or you can use a stand mixer that's up to you, so you just want to cream these ingredients together
until their light and fluffy and kind of pale in color, so George has grown up in front of your
eyes over the last year 'cause he's been in all of our videos. One of the funniest moments that I
remember is actually a fan sent us a chef outfit for George to wear and we dressed him up in it
in one video. He was just absolutely adorable. He was only a few months
old. So this is looking good. It's been working out for two to three minutes now. I'm going
to add in my egg and my egg white and just keep on mixing until it gets nice and light.
OK, this is looking good now into this I'm going to add in a little bit of vanilla extract and some
vegetable oil. You can use a canola oil, even a coconut oil, something very mild in flavor,
and then some milk. Now keep this beating as you're adding these ingredients in.
And then we're going to take our dry ingredients, add those in. And then just mix until your batter
is formed. So you saw how quick this is to make it only takes a few ingredients. I've looked at
buying these and they’re $80.00 here in LA, so definitely the best option is to make your own.
There’s our batter. Now let's get this straight into our prepared tins.
So here I have two 6 inch tins that have been floured and lined and I’ll put a link on my
website with the recipe of where you can buy these. I'm just going to divvy up the
batter in between the two tins. So a lot of you know that we film here in Santa Monica,
in our house, and it's been a little bit harder the past year because George is quite vocal.
And he likes to make strange sounds when we're filming and even one day he made sounds like some
sort of a dolphin or mammal was very funny. What's that flipper? Once it's in the tin just kind of
flatten it out with your spatula and put them on to a baking tray and then get them into the oven.
Now don't go anywhere because soon enough George is probably going face first into the smash
cake. So when it comes to decorating your cake, you want to make sure that is well cooled down
or even a day old day old cake is much easier to decorate, so here I have my cake on a cake stand.
It's nice and cool. I'm going to add a big dollop of butter cream frosting. You can use any kind of
frosting that you like. So I'm really hoping Georgie likes this cake because I've given him
some things on camera on Bigger Bolder Baking that he's loved and then some things that is not the
biggest fan of. So I'm really hoping he's a cake person. So once you've got frosting in the middle,
put on your last layer of cake and then, just like we've decorated copious amounts of cakes on Bigger
Bolder Baking put a big dollop of frosting on the top and work it all the way around the sides,
and this is going to create for us our crumb coat. Then we're going to chill this. Let it
get nice and cold, and then we're going to do our last final layer on top. Just
covering over all of those nooks, crannies and any bit of cake you can possibly see.
Now you can finish this cake however you want. I've got a candle to go on, but before I do that,
I'm going to put on a few sprinkles. Just to make it look extra pretty. And then of course my candle
on top. So I'm thrilled how this cake turned out, and I'm delighted to be able to make my baby's 1st
birthday cake. I'm going to get changed 'cause I have a feeling this is going to get messy.
Say hi to everybody. There’s your cousin!
We're going to do it a few photos.
Yeah, get in there buddy. It's bath time after this. Oh, there you go. Now we're going to get the
other side. Thank you everybody for joining us. Thank you guys. Thank you everybody. Love you.