Diaper Cake

I help to host a baby shower last weekend. This was THE baby shower to attend. Joy looked beautiful and radiant. I can't wait to meet this little girl growing in my best friends tummy. What a miracle.

First I have to confess I have never been to a baby shower before. Yes, that's right folks I was a baby shower virgin.

Imagine then my surprise when Joy asks that I make a "diaper cake"! My internal dialogue went something like this...

"WHAT?? A DIAPER cake?"
"I can't bake"
"Why would anyone want a cake that looks like a diaper?
"That is disturbing".

Being a kind friend I didn't comment on how disturbed I was by this idea, but instead suggest that an actual baker take on this task. She explained that the cake was made out of diapers, again this idea is so foreign to me I can't even begin to imagine what that would mean. Joy kindly suggested that I google it. To my utter shock there is a whole world filled with diapers in the shape of cakes.

For the first time in my life here was a craft that I couldn't even imagine how to make. This is where You Tube comes in and this lovely little tutorial on how to make a diaper cake. (If you would like to see it click here). This is one of those crafts that looks time consuming to create. In actuality, after collecting the supplies, the creation is rather easy and quick. I was helped by my aunt and her friend, which made the process even snappier.

Now I am obsessed! what else can I create into a cake? What about a Tshirt cake... or even better I can create Brian's laundry into a cake, isn't that so much more fun that just folding shirts and pants?

Off to go do laundry, If Brian's underwear suddenly looks like a confection I will be sure to post it here.

(FYI just click on the photo to see a larger image of our beautiful diaper cake)