What If My Baby Doesn’t Smash the Cake? If you’re planning a cake smash photo session, you might be imagining frosting everywhere, big smiles, and a baby happily diving into cake. And sometimes… that happens. Other times? Your baby looks at the cake like it’s a strange object from another planet. As a Washington, DC cake smash photographer , I can tell you this with confidence: both reactions are completely normal—and both make for beautiful photos. Cake Smash Reality Check (