Cake... Well Sort Of....

A friend of mine just had a baby girl after having a girl, followed by 4 boys. My sister is throwing her a baby shower and I decided I would make her a diaper cake. I know it isn't really food, but since it is called a diaper cake, I figured I would count it. Besides, I'm still behind on my one recipe a month for this year, so this might help me when I count at the end of the year.

What you need:
63 diapers
Assorted Rubberbands
Ribbon
A Cake Plate
A stick
Hot Glue Gun

Take a diaper and roll it starting with the top end and rolling it towards the crease at the bottom of the diaper. Put a rubberband around the now rolled diaper to keep it rolled up. Repeat 62 more times. Create layers of the cake by rubberbanding the rolled up diapers together. The smallest layer will have one rolled diaper surrounded by 6 rolled up diapers. Put a big rubberband around all 7 diapers. To make the second layer, start with making a replica of the top layer and add 12 diapers to the outer edge with a rubberband. The bottom layer is made by creating the middle layer again and then adding 18 more diapers around the outer edge. Using the stick (be careful not to puncture diapers), stack the layers on top of each other. Use a ribbon to cover the rubberbands. Do not stick the ribbon to the diapers, but rather, hot glue the ribbon to itself. Decorate with whatever themed embellishments you choose and you are done. My friend is a huge fan of anything patriotic and even named her daughter Liberty, so I chose a patriotic theme for the diaper cake. For my first attempt, I don't think it looks half bad. :)