I made this homemade baby doll diaper cake for my daughter-in-law’s baby shower celebrating our first granddaughter (Savannah Elise Russell) who was born January 30, 2003. I had never made one before and can’t even remember what prompted the idea. I found some miniature dolls (at Walmart) and a larger one I imagined popping out … Read more
This Diaper Ducky Cake is for a friend of mine who is having a boy. I used 72 size 1 Pampers Swaddlers to make the three tiers. I then covered the tiers with receiving blankets. The blue rubber ducky is resting on baby washcloths. I then used the orange and yellow polka dot ribbon to … Read more
I made this diaper cake as a gift for my sisters new baby. It was the first time I made one and it could use improvement, but I was proud of myself anyway!I used a jumbo box of size 1 diapers, with a few to spare. Tied it up with some lace I had and … Read more
My sister likes clean, neat, simple things. A diaper cake with a lot of ribbons, toys, and other gadgets stuffed into the cake just wouldnt have pleased her as much; so I kept my cake simple.I used Pampers Swaddlers diapers, size 2 (no rolling up of the diapers involved). I used a large plastic cup … Read more
This is my first diaper cake ever which I made for a friend of mine. The inspiration came from the Ballerina Bear on top that has a light purple tutu. Here are my diaper cake instructions: The bottom layer is covered halfway with the skirt part of a dress. I added quite a few baby … Read more
I have used this site several times to get great ideas for cakes for my children’s birthdays, including this one. I hope others can benefit from my ideas as well. I made this car and first birthday cake for my son’s first birthday. For the cake, I made a vanilla sheet cake recipe in a … Read more
This 1st Birthday Cake Idea is a yellow sheet cake. For this size cake I used 2 cake mixes. The frosting is buttercream homemade. I used the frosting recipe from Wilton, modified just a little. I like to put more vanilla or butter flavoring in mine. I copied the design from a napkin. I just … Read more
I love tiered cakes and got this idea for a swirl cake from Martha Stewart Kids, but theirs was very pink and girly. So I changed the colors and added dots between the layers. Make sure to use support between the layers so the weight doesn’t squish the cake.
This creative cake was made for my daughters 1st birthday. Since she was only a year old, she was not into characters (Elmo, Dora, etc.), so we had to think of something cute to go with our pink decorations. The cake was simple to make. It is one large sheet cake with 2 small round … Read more
The head is made from pure fondant and was made first. I used 4 rectangle butter cakes. The larger the better. I layered them with whipped vanilla icing. I sketched up a rough idea of the shape of a sleeping bubby, then cut it out in the slab. I carved little crevices with a small … Read more
This Angel baby cake and all of it’s decorations were edible. I made everything with the exception of the chocolate duck which was purchased. The baby was very life like (the size of a baby doll), in fact most people thought it was a doll placed on the cake. To make this, I created my … Read more
This baby shower cake was very easy to make and very adorable. I just used 2 different round cake pans to make the body (depending on how many people you need to feed) and just filled it in. I added the monogram of the baby for that extra special touch!