My First Diaper Cake Centerpiece

My Sister in Law's baby shower is this upcoming weekend and I was put in charge of making the diaper cake centerpieces and the cupcakes for the event.  I will be posting pictures of the cupcakes later this week (or early next whenever I get a chance), but I wanted to take the opportunity tonight to explain how I made the diaper cake centerpieces and display the final product.

First, you will need a platter or some sort to stabilize the cake on. 

 

Then it came time to begin the daunting task of rolling up each of the diapers.  I made 4 separate 3 tiered cakes so I had A LOT of diapers to roll up.  I used Size 1 and 2 diapers and rolled them from the open end to the crotch side and wrapped in a small rubber band. You will need approximately 60 diapers per diaper cake, give or take a few extra ones to make it all look right. 

  

After all of the diapers were rolled up, it was then time to stack all of the diapers.  Using a Paper Towel roll, I first stuck a diaper in the top of the roll to make the top level all even.  You will need to adjust the actual height of the diaper later on but sticking it in to begin with will be a good help.  Then using larger rubber bands, begin making a circle of 6 to begin the bottom tier.  After this circle of 6, make a bigger circle around that of 12, and then a bigger circle around that of around 18 diapers.  This will be the base of the diaper cake.

 

Continue this process up the next level, with the circle of 6 and then a bigger circle of 12.  Finally on the top level, just use the circle of 6.  Then adjust the height of the diaper in the roll so that all of the sides are even.  The final product will look similar to this: 

 

The diaper cake is now made for the most part, the only remaining parts are to decorate for the event.  There are a million different ways that you can do this.  You can use ribbon matching the nursery room and then add baby supplies like bottles, rattles, bibs, binkies, or anything else you can think of.  To make this one though I just used Ribbon and Flowers.  I'm super happy with the final product!

Easter Cake

Above is the cake that I made for Easter last year!  It was a lot of fun to do and super simple.  Made with simple white cake mix and Wiltons Buttercream Frosting and a few purchased decorations and jelly beans!  This cake was super cute and super simple to make!!!

First, I went to our local Michael's store and purchased the Wilton Checkerboard Cake pan which made making this cake really easy!  That and the cake ingredients is all that you really need!

Individually prepare 3 boxes of white cake mix following package instructions; divide batter into three portions. In Each of the portions, color with the color of your choice.  I used pastel blue, purple, and yellow for this cake.

 Place Batter Dividing Ring into one prepared pan. Follow instructions in pan set for filling sections shown below (for convenient filling, place batter in disposable decorating bag) and remove ring. Follow filling instructions for 2nd and 3rd pan alternating the colors for best results!

Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely. After the cake has cooled, I colored the butter cream icing pink to serve as the separator and for the frosting.

Then I used plain white frosting with a star tip for the decoration, green frosting for the "grass" and jelly beans to decorate!  It was quite the hit and fun to make!!!!!!