Toddler in induced coma after inhaling dust while baking Bluey-themed birthday cake

A toddler is in an induced coma and unable to breathe on his own after a shocking baking accident.

Gold Coast mum Katie Robinson was baking a Bluey-themed cake for the first birthday of her friend’s son when her own young son, Dusty, inhaled “gold dust powder” that was part of the product.

According to a GoFundMe page set up by Ms Robinson’s friend, Rochelle Evrard, Dusty became unresponsive and Ms Robinson called triple-0.

“When the dust is mixed with water it turns to paste – so it immediately blocked Dusty’s lungs,” Ms Evrard wrote on the GoFundMe page.

The toddler has since had surgery to clear his lungs and is having another surgery “to move his tube from his mouth to his nose and check his lungs again as he’s not breathing on his own yet”.

In the meantime, Dusty remains in an induced coma.

Dusty’s parents are both sole traders and “don’t know when they’ll be able to work again”.

The $11,029 already raised will help Dusty’s parents with accommodation costs as they have had to relocate to Brisbane from the Gold Coast while their son receives treatment.