If you've never heard of a diaper cake before, it may not be what you're thinking. It most certainly is not edible, for one thing.My sister and I went to the LA area this weekend to meet with our other sister from Arizona. Her oldest daughter is about 8 months pregnant with her second child (a boy). The occasion, of course, was a baby shower.
Carli made the diaper cake as our gift for my niece. I bought all the stuff and she put it all together.
A diaper cake is basically a tiered "cake" made up of diapers. For our diaper cake we used different sized disposable diapers. They are tightly rolled up and placed around the center core, made up of bottles of lotions, powder, shampoo, etc. Every so often an item of clothing or wash cloth is also rolled up and placed around the cake. Each tier is held together with a big ribbon. The tiers are supposed to be held in place with dowels, similar to an edible tiered cake. We also used sippy cups to adorn our cake.
We got lucky because we bought all the stuff before my niece registered for her gifts. Turns out the theme was safari or jungle animals or something like that. Notice the lion at the bottom of our cake!
My nephew-in-law (?) is a recent graduate of cooking school and he made all the fabulous food for the shower, including the cake! I can't even tell you how good it all was. There was salmon with spinach or chard wrapped in a phyllo dough crust, potatoes, cheese, fruit and yogurt, tiny bread and croissants, olive tapenade and garlic and artichoke tapinade, and my favorite, blueberry blintzes. I may have forgotten something, I'm sure. There was lemonade and the fixings for mimosas. The cake was a sponge cake with whipped cream frosting and decorated with strawberries and kiwis. Not only was it beautiful it was delicious!
The next day we met the family and had a leisurely breakfast. We sure had a good time. The last time we were all together was almost exactly a year ago for my last birthday.
It was really nice getting to see everyone again!
I'm not even going to mention the crazy driver who wasn't paying attention on the way home because she was yakking with her sister so she had to shoot across about six lanes (that's what it seemed like) of the 605 to make the west bound offramp of 210 (it tee'ed and you could only go east or west). Fortunately the traffic was very light and that curb the car dropped off of was only about 3 inches high.
My car is fine, thank you.
1 comment:
The Diaper Cake was AMAZING! I say "was" because it was unraveled at your niece's house with many an oooh and aaah! We couldn't stop raving about the terrific concept and the absolute thoughtfulness and the generosity with which the cake was comprised. The diaper cake was wonderful. So, too, was getting to see you and MT again THANK YOU!!
I concur - the food was delicious, and no doubt your compliments will please your nephew-in-law. (He and his wife read your blog.) He worked very hard, and it's nice to know his efforts are appreciated.
Thank goodness your car is okay (lol). It's surmised that you are unscathed by your traveling ordeal as well??? No residual psychological trauma? ;) We want to see you again - soon! Love, M
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