Smash cakes, signature drinks, and custom favors: These aren’t weddings, but kids’ birthday parties, costing some Philly parents $1,500 or more Story by Erin McCarthy, The Philadelphia ...

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.