I have had a lot of people ask me about Harrison Brave’s smash cake recipe so I decided to share it! We used the same recipe for Jace’s first birthday and he loved it too.

What I especially love about this cake is it is gluten free, grain free and refined sugar free! Cakes and sweets often have questionable dyes and ingredients that can cause inflammation in the body. I definitely believe in balance BUT I also love creating recipes that taste really good and still use real food ingredients. I usually avoid giving dairy to the boys, but I am a big fan of ghee. We get ours through thrive market online. However, I’m sure coconut oil could be utilized for an easy dairy-free substitute. Here is the recipe:

Gluten Free & Refined Sugar Free Smash Cake

1/2 cup organic coconut flour (I used trader joes)
6 tbsp organic ghee
1 banana
1/2 cup organic applesauce
5 large eggs (from our organic-fed, pasture-raised chickens!)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 toothpick worth of cinnamon bark vitality oil (we use young living)

optional: a couple tablespoons of water depending on consistency of batter with type of coconut flour you use

Frosting

1 cup palm shortening (softened)
1 banana
1 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut flakes
1 tspn vanilla extract
3-4 drops lemon young living essential oil
1 tbsp organic whole milk (may substitute with almond or coconut milk)

Directions for cake:

1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2) Use an electric mixer or whisk to blend the butter, banana and applesauce until smooth.
3) Add the eggs and vanilla extract ad continue to mix.
4) Add the flour slowly, while continuing to mix.
5) Add rest of the dry ingredients and combine until smooth.
6) Bake for 25 minutes in a greased cake pan. I separated among two cake pans.
7) Once finished, let cool. Then cut circles if desired to layer for smash cake.

Directions for frosting:

Combine all the ingredients until smooth. Use in between cake layers and for outside of cake.

Enjoy!