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Luci's First Birthday Party
I love planning parties and this was my favorite so far. A ladybug cake, pink and yellow balloons, family and friends. What a blast. Luci was a star! She loved all the kiddo's running around. She love love loved opening her presents and then putting everything back in the bags so that she could pull it all out again. I made her my delicious but healthy banapple cake (recipe below) with all whole wheat pastry flour and lots of bananas and applesauce in hopes that she wouldn't get too much of a sugar overdose during her first exposure. Well, she hardly even got to the cake when she figured out that the spots were made out of Oreos. Going straight for the chocolate...her mothers girl. Please block out the not so lovely singing in the video below :)
Banapple Cake
2 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour (pastry is yummiest)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
.5 tsp salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3)
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla
.5 tsp nutmeg (optional)
1 tsp cinnnamon
Allow eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Mix together dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
Add bananas, yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla. Beat on low until combined.
Add eggs and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Pour into greased and floured pans. (Two round pans or one 13x9x2)
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Let cake cool on wire rack for about 10 minutes before removing from pans.
When completely cooled top with cream cheese frosting.
2 cups whole wheat flour (pastry is yummiest)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
.5 tsp salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3)
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla
.5 tsp nutmeg (optional)
1 tsp cinnnamon
Allow eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Mix together dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
Add bananas, yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla. Beat on low until combined.
Add eggs and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Pour into greased and floured pans. (Two round pans or one 13x9x2)
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Let cake cool on wire rack for about 10 minutes before removing from pans.
When completely cooled top with cream cheese frosting.
8 comments:
looks like blast. we'll try the cake recipe as soon as i can find some applesauce (who knew that would be hard to find?) and what do you think about using vanilla yoghurt? (it has REAL vanilla bean in it...mm)
and there's no video!
Happy birthday Luci! She sure is cute. That recipe looks really good. I might need to try that out for Aspen. She still have never had sugar so that will be perfect for her.
ps. how did you make that lady bug? So cute
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCI! YOU'RE SO SO CUTE! WE LOVE YOU!
LOVE,
CAI, JEWELENE AND JARAD
I wanted to see her eat the cake too. Did you let her dig in and get all messy? I want pics. I love your blog. Thanks for making me laugh! The cake is sweet!!!
Cool! Saturday was Elijah's birthday party, too! I didn't know they had birthdays that were close. Elijah's is March 30th.
wow! that is the most professional cake ever! It's gorgeous! I love it
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