![[baby friendly] banana oatmeal cake with greek yogurt frosting](https://onepieatatime.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2ca52af0-1dbd-4667-bad9-fd37a9881ce0.jpg?w=924&h=0&crop=1)
For our little one’s first birthday, we wanted to make something that he can actually eat (as opposed to staring at us over a bowl of oatmeal cereal while we feast on his birthday cake). That’s how this quick and easy food processor cake came along, and with a few tweaks, you can make it yours for your little one!
You can substitute part of the liquid ingredients (mashed bananas, milk) with applesauce. You can use any nut milk, or cow’s milk (after it has been properly introduced per your pediatrician’s guidance), or even water. You could also use thinned out yogurt in place of the milk. Our munchkin loves cardamom, but you can swap it out for cinnamon (and a tiny pinch of nutmeg), or leave out the spices entirely. You can sweeten it with jaggery, which is my favorite refined sugar free sweetener for baby/toddler food, but you could use date sugar, coconut sugar, or any other sweetener you typically use.
The cake is really great also as a snacking option sans frosting. A great option for smash cakes and such to celebrate his first trip around the sun.
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