a nutritious, sugar free smash cake for your one year old's birthday party. Double the recipe to make a 2 layer cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 6" cake pan
In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
Place 2 bananas (the third banana is for the frosting), 3 strawberries and applesauce together in a blender and mix until completely pureed.
In another small bowl, whisk together 1 cup of the fruit puree, the milk, egg and vanilla extract
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack to continue cooling.
For best results, place a mixing bowl and beater in the fridge for several hours before you are about to prepare the whipped cream
Take the freezer dried fruit and put in either a coffee grinder or a blender until it's blended like powder
Pour the whipped cream, and the 1 ripe banana into the chilled bowl, and beat on high with an electric mixer
As you're mixing the whipped cream, slowly add the freezer dried fruit until your desired color and desired consistency (it should be thick but smooth enough to frost your cake. Remember butter is simply whipped cream)
Frost the bottom cake and once that's frosted, place the second cake on top and frost that. I recommend doing this no more than 3 hours before serving