How I Made My Diaper Cake

Here are pictures of my first attempt to make a diaper cake - with the HUGE help from Laura and Sue. For those of you who are wondering what a diaper cake is....let me explain. It consists of rolled up diapers to look like a fancy wedding cake. Diaper cakes are usually given to mommies-to-be at baby showers. What better way to celebrate a newborn but with a CAKE that can't be eaten?

I got my ideas from watching different youtube videos and here is my variation.

Ingredients that we used:

One bag of Stage 1 Huggies Diapers for 8-14 pound babies
A bag of rubber bands in various sizes
Baby bottle (filled with jelly bean candies or any candy)
Cardboard circular base wrapped in decorative paper
Ribbon (we used three different colors)
Decorative Accessories such as baby bibs, stuffed animal topper, Johnson & Johnson products, silk flowers, baby rattles.


Step 1: Start out by rolling the diapers into a tight log. Secure with rubber band.




Here are what the diaper logs look like.




Step 2: Once you have finished rolling the diapers, place the bottle in the center. We filled it with candy to act as a the core of the cake. Place a rubber band around the bottle and start to encircle the bottle with the diaper logs. After you do the first circle, place another rubber band and repeat to create a second layer. This picture has three layers.




Step 3: Create a second tier to the cake by placing enough diaper logs to make the core. Place another rubber band around the bunch and create a second layer of the second tier. This will cover the baby bottle.




Step 4: We made a third tier to the cake and placed a stuffed pink bear as the topper. Any toy or stuffed animal will work depending on the theme of the cake! We actually wanted to put another baby bottle on top of the first one which can serve as vase for a silk flower topper.






Step 5: This is the fun part! We used the ribbons to cover the rubber bands and even made a decorative bow in the middle tier. We stuck silk flowers on the bottom tier of the cake and put the baby bibs in the back of the cake (not shown). In addition, we placed the baby rattles and Johnson & Johnson products around the cake. Feel free to add as many (or little) decorative items as you want!




The best thing about a diaper cake is that it is so easy to make! It took the 3 of us only 30 minutes to complete including making the cardboard base. We only used one bag of diapers but if you wanted to make a larger cake, you could just roll more diapers. And it is up to your creativity to decorate the cake!! There are endless possibilities including using tulle, rolled-up socks to imitate flowers, and wrapping each tier of the cake with a receiving blanket.