Last week I mentioned the DH accidentally opened a package of diapers I had intended as a gift. I receved a great suggestion to make a diaper cake out of those diapers. I hadn't seen one of these "live" only a photo, so I set about learning more.
Click here for a great tutorial video on YouTube. This is for the "candlestick" style of cake.
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Here are written intructions from about.com using more common supplies in case you don't have tiny rubber bands or really big rubber bands lying around.
I watched another bunch of videos and saw lots of variations:
- The biggest difference is a fan style cake where you layer/fan the flat diapers in a circular shape, then secure with the rubber band.
- You can use receiving blankets or that crinky paper you buy in a twisted rope to make an outer border to the layers if you want to cover up the diapers.
- I saw a bottle of sparkling cider as the center base.
- Many people did one layer with a large gift on top or instead of the simply decorated cake in the video added lots of small gifts as cake garnish.
Thanks for the great idea Sarah!
Katie
Fun! I saw a business card on the bulletin board at the coffeeshop, advertising a women whose business was making diaper cakes! Very specialty, eh?
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