I have had a few disasters with pinata-style smash cakes in the past. It’s those jolly thin melted chocolate ones that stubbornly won’t come out of the bowl or end up cracking into several pieces.

Smash cake is the term bakers now use for the little ... says Megan Sesil, the manager at Padoca Bakery in New York City. “It's also easy to pick up by tiny hands. I think it's the perfect ...