Dear Miss Manners: I attended a birthday celebration for a 1-year-old at which the honoree was ... Yes, and it even has an equally offensive name: a “smash cake.” What likely started with ...

The family members behind the camera can be heard singing as the one-year-old is encouraged to “smash” his cake. A smash cake is a small iced sponge that people give their childrens to dig ...

Most babies get to destroy the cake on their first birthday but this little one never got the chance. When little Robert was turning a year old and a ... was called “smash the cake,” which ...