Double diaper cake delight

As mentioned in the prior post, a friend's wife is expecting and I wanted to make a diaper cake for her.  I also promised to make one in a special Christmas theme, as the baby is due on Christmas day.

Diaper cakes are easy to make but are a little time consuming.  The design can incorporate baby items or can lean more to a traditional cake design.  I prefer a floral design.

Here is a list of required items:

- diapers (I typically use Huggies Pure and Natural in the <10lb and <14lb varieties)
- elastics
- bottles of baby lotion, shampoo etc.
- cake tray
- ribbon
- flower stems
- glue gun and glue

Steps:

1.  Roll the diapers and secure with elastics.  A three tier cake uses approximately 80 diapers.
2. Glue the bottle of lotion on to the center of the cake tray.
3. Place the diaper rolls around the base of the bottle of lotion and secure with an elastic.  Repeat twice more.

4. Start the second tier, which will require two rows of diaper rolls.  Secure with an elastic again.

5. Depending on the height of the interior bottle, you may need to add another bottle or container.  Secure one row of diaper rolls around the interior structure.
6. Apply the ribbon around each tier.

 

7. Fill the center with the flower stems and arrange flowers around the cake.

For the Christmas design, I limited the flowers to the top and applied two Christmas bows to the front.

I love how they turned out.  Hopefully the parents to be like them too.

Here's an updated picture from the baby shower today:

I wouldn't eat that cake if I were you...

I don't get to make them very often, but I must confess that I love making diaper cakes for friends who are expecting.  In a month or two I'll get to make a new one, but for now, I'll have to make due with pictures from a diaper cake I made for a good friend last year.

I kept this one as simple and elegant as possible and stayed neutral with the colours (notwithstanding that we knew the little one was going to be a girl).  Here are some pictures of the cake in process and the final product at the baby shower.  When I finally get around to making my latest creation, I'll add a list of required materials and instructions for this style of diaper cake:

Pretty, but like the title of this post says, I wouldn't suggesting eating this particular cake if I were you.  ;)