{"id":220010,"date":"2026-02-02T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mom.com\/?p=220010"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:36:49","slug":"baby-cake-watermelon-and-bone-marrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mom.com\/news\/baby-cake-watermelon-and-bone-marrow","title":{"rendered":"Mom Sparks Debate After Serving Bone Marrow \u2018Cake\u2019 for Toddler\u2019s First Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am all for making a first birthday<\/a> cake healthy for the toddler<\/a>, but I draw a line at bone barrow. Yes, bone barrow<\/em>. But one mom, Bridget Levine, was apparently determined to give her little one a sugar-free birthday cake using watermelon and bone marrow. The result is something that looks edible. Until you realize the frosting is made primarily with the scraped innards of bones from cows or other animals.<\/p>

Bridget posted a video on Instagram<\/a> of her husband preparing bone marrow frosting for her to pipe onto the large chunk of watermelon that doubles as their daughter’s cake for her first birthday. I get it. No one wants to stuff their newly minted toddler full of sugar and butter on their first birthday. Save it for their third or fourth, maybe. But this is a little much, at least according to the dozens of comments under Bridget’s video.<\/p>

The mom really wanted to make sure the cake was sugar-free.<\/strong><\/h2>
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A post shared by Bridget Levine | Baby Food | Mom Tips | Postpartum Weight loss (@bridgetmlevine)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>