1. The diaper cake is now one of the most
popular centerpieces at any baby shower
party. As it is the cake at a baby shower
party is a lot of fun to make, decorate, see
and eat. However, the diaper cake, despite
its name is not an edible cake. Among the
edible cakes that are usually served at
these types of parties are fruit cakes, ice
cakes, and white cake and so on.
diaper cake
2. How to Make a Diaper Cake? The diaper cake despite the common belief
is not too difficult to make Information about how to make a diaper cake
is available from library books, special baby shower theme cooking
books, internet, and so on
3. Usually, the cake is three tiered but you could decide on whatever size
you like to have it, depending on the size of the party and your patience
and expertise diaper cake The basic idea is to make a cake-like form out
of diapers
4. As you will find out from the various sources, and the how to make a
diaper cake books/ sources, this cake is meant to be a little treasure for
the little baby who is due The lower tier and the largest one would be
made of approximately of 30 - 50 diapers, the second one of 15-25, and
the top most would be made 5-6 diapers
5. The diapers should be put together with the help of baby safety pins
and/or tape Ensure that the bottom layer is secured well in the form of a
cylinder
6. Once the layer is well formed, you could put a cardboard on top of it, or a
baby blanket, or if you want to have something big in the centre, you can
leave it hollow and attach the rest of the tiers with safety pins or tape Do
not use glue or staples because it will be difficult and messy to
disentangle it later
7. The second layer would have to be fashioned the same way as the third
layer For the top layer you will want to keep all special baby items, such
as rattlers, ribbons, little booties, pacifiers, and even bottles
8. For the cake which has the centre empty, you could keep a big teddy
there, or any other big thing that would be useful to the baby Many how
to make a diaper cake sources, advice that you should use disposable
diapers instead of ordinary cotton ones
9. In this case you could even use glue, and then throw away the diapers
instead of struggling to disentangle them It is not difficult to learn how to
make a diaper cake and the fun that it involves adds to the joy of the
experience
