My daughter will be turning 2 in October. For her first birthday, I made a pumpkin cake, that I thought turned out pretty tasty, and she thought was good, too, but the guests complained that it just “wasn’t real birthday cake”, because it was very dense and heavy (like pumpkin bread) .. now, I don’t care so much if they don’t like it (more for me), but I thought this year I’d like to try a recipe that’s a bit more “cake”-like, and less “bread”-like. HOWEVER - it’s vital that it’s something healthy, and not loaded with lots of extra sugar and such, because I’m a health-food junkie when it comes to my daughter, and I also don’t relish a room loaded with sugar-stoned toddlers.
I’d appreciate recipes that were relatively inexpensive to make, also.