Baby’s First Cake…No Honey!

After some intense research into how to make a Healthy Smash Cake…I found that a majority of recipes included honey!
Although honey seems like a wholesome and natural food to give your baby, it is advised to not give your baby honey until after she’s at least 12 months old. To be on safer side (and advised by most pediatricians), make sure that you don’t give your baby honey until he or she is at least 18 months of age.
Honey can contain spores of a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum, which can germinate in a baby’s immature digestive system and cause infant botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness.These spores are usually harmless to adults and children over 1 year old, because the microorganisms normally found in the intestine keep the bacteria from growing.
The condition can be frightening because it can cause muscle weakness and breathing problems. Although this is very rare: fewer than 100 cases of infant botulism happen each year in the United States the risk is there!
As a precaution…We do not use honey in our cakes or icings.