I made this Baby Shower Diaper and Edible Cake for Twins for one of the Vice Presidents in charge of our department. His wife had just had twins (a boy & a girl) after months and months of trying. I wanted to give them something special to celebrate these tiny little miracles and give myself the opportunity to fine tune my skills as well. Practice makes perfect, right?
I searched several sites for ideas and couldn’t decide between a diaper cake and an actual edible cake. I loved the idea of a diaper cake, since after all, who doesn’t need diapers with twins? However, I wanted an edible cake as well. So, I had the idea to combine both of them and stack the two types of cakes in tiers to showcase both ideas. The diapers are Size 1’s rolled and tied with curling ribbon (96 diapers in all). They are arranged in a tight circle on a cake round and the whole layer is tied with a decorative ribbon.
The cakes are from a yellow cake mix with a few ingredients to improve taste and texture. (sorry, but the additions have to remain my little secret!) The cakes were then iced with my own homemade buttercream icing in the traditional basket weave. The top cake (6 inches) has bath toys on top and was sent home so the mom could enjoy it. The diapers were arranged on 14 inch and 10 inch rounds. The cakes were 12 inches, 10 inches and 6 inches.
It took my coworkers a little time to believe that I actually did this, but I’ve gotten a few orders for birthday cakes out of it. It was a big hit and lots of fun to do!
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