Baby Diaper Cake Recipe

A delightful baby shower gift you can make!

Not only is this a beautiful addition to the Baby Shower table, but it is a useful gift as well. Our favorite way to make it is with cloth diapers, but you can use disposable diapers. The cost is about the same. If you use cloth diapers, (and have the time) you can sew pretty ribbons onto them to make gorgeous burp cloths. We like to add fun goodies on the cake, like newborn socks and pacifiers. Obviously, you don�t have to do this. BabyBrowns.com has seen variations of the cake where goodies are wrapped up inside the rolled up diapers (baby tweezers, nail clips, thermometer, Mother�s necklace, etc.) Send your final pictures to service@BabyBrowns.com if you�d like to share your masterpiece. Have fun!

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Ingredients

  • 1 Baby Plate (try BabyBrowns.com personalized plates.)
  • 3 pkgs. Cloth Diapers (6 diapers per pkg.) These make excellent burp cloths!
  • 1 pkg. colored newborn socks (6 per pkg.)
  • 4 Pacifiers
  • 3 pkgs. diaper pins
  • 4 Spools of Ribbon (may have extra depending on length of tied bows.)
  • 1 Cake Topper (examples: stuffed animal, lg. rubber duck, baby shoes etc.)
  • Scissors or Pinking Sheer scissors for a detailed edge
  • 1 small pkg. of Clothes Pins (optional)
  • 2 spools of Clear Cellophane Wrapping Paper (optional)
  • 1 Receiving Blanket (try these at BabyBrowns.com)

Directions

  1. Cut pieces of ribbon into 4 ft. piece, 3 ft. piece and 2 ft. piece. Place aside.
  2. Roll receiving blanket as you would a sleeping bag.
  3. Roll all diapers as you would a sleeping bag.
  4. Using 2 hands place 8 rolled diapers vertically standing around the vertical standing receiving blanket (place in middle of baby plate). This becomes the bottom cake tier.
  5. Tie together snuggly with 4 ft. ribbon piece. Tie remainder of ribbon piece into bow or leave hanging. Cut ends of ribbon with pinking sheer/sharp scissors.
  6. Make middle tier of cake with 5 rolled diapers by placing around top part of receiving blanket that is still poking out of bottom cake tier. Tie together snuggly with 3 ft. ribbon piece. Tie remainder into bow or leave hanging and cut ribbon ends.
  7. Make top tier of cake with 4 rolled diapers. Tie together with 2 ft. ribbon piece and finish off with a bow or leave hanging. Cut ribbon ends. Place on top of middle cake tier.
  8. Attach each tier together with a diaper pin. May need to use 2 to 4 pins. Depending on how tight the diapers are rolled.
  9. Attach socks and pacifiers randomly to cake with remainder of diaper pins.
  10. Top with stuffed animal, rubber duck, baby shoes etc.
  11. Attach cake topper with diaper pins or clothes pin(s).
  12. Optional—Place cake in middle of laid out clear cellophane wrapping paper (may need to use 2 long pieces and create an X on floor with cellophane prior to placing cake in middle of laid out cellophane paper X.) Fold sides of cellophane up around diaper cake. Tie top together with extra ribbon and cut ends of ribbon.
  13. Carry to Baby Shower very carefully, and have fun!

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