Logan's Baby Shower

**A quick apology, I had to use a different camera and the quality was poor~sorry!!**

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Logan is about to enter this world. Her parents couldn't be more excited! We wanted to show you a snippet of her baby shower. You've all seen the baby diaper tiered cakes however~ we didn't want to tape diapers into miniature rolls~so this is what we did:

You will need

1 foam core board (available at craft or art stores) or cardboard

2 cylinders 4 to 5 inches, depending on the size of your diapers (this could be empty, clean cans)

craft paper to cover the 2 cylinders and 3 graduated sized circles

4 diaper pins

1 1/2 yards pink satin ribbon

1 1/4 yards pink ric-rac

1 yard chocolate brown satin ribbon

1 1/2 packages newborn diapers (you may use any size you want)

a 4 pack of receiving blankets

tissue paper to cover the top of each cake layer (we found our scalloped tissue at Home Goods)

cake plate (optional)

1. Using a small plate as a template, make the 6 inch top layer of the cake. Use a pencil to trace this onto cardboard or foam core. Then use a 9 inch round cake pan as the template for the middle layer. Find a round plate or pan, etc. to use as a template to make the bottom layer. It will measure approximately 12 to 14 inches.

2. Cover the 3 circles and 2 center connectors with craft paper. Use a glue stick or hot glue gun.

3. Attach the graduated circles and connector cylinders with a sturdy packing tape or hot glue gun.

4. Fold the receiving blankets to fit each round. The bottom round will take 2 receiving blankets. Fasten with diaper pins. See picture. We bought our receiving blankets at Target. It was a 4 pack of blankets and 2 of the blankets were of the same pattern so we used them as our bottom layer.

5. Fill each round with diapers. We just folded them in half and compacted them together.

6. Fold each piece of tissue in 1/2 lengthwise and pinch and pleat it into a circular shape, and place on top of the diapers. Use tape where necessary.

7. Tie with ribbons.

8. Add a topper to go with your theme. Our theme was owls and the colors were chocolate brown and ballerina pink.

9. Place on a cake plate if desired.

A close up view.

This is Logan's mommy! Isn't she radiant! We made a tree out of brown packaging paper that was moistened with a mixture of water and white glue. It was twisted and shaped into a tree. After it dried, a little brown and black paint was added to enhance the bark on the tree. We then cut out leaves and flowers and made a mommy and baby owl to complete the look. You can see the hospital across the street and the ocean in the veriest background. It's a little obvious we are in an office setting~hence the tree was added for ambiance and to enhance the owl theme.

We made a garland of the different papers used in this event.

The sodas and waters were re-labeled with owls,

as were the eating utensils, the square pink plates, and the pink straws that were embellished too!

This is where it got a little tricky! You know those cake pops that Bakerella is so famous for? Well we tried our hand at making some owl pops for the shower. We always say~do a trial run first, but there was no time. We pushed ahead and 2 nights before the shower we made up the cake as directed on the package mix. Let it cool, crumbled it into a large bowl and added almost all of the contents of one can of pre-made frosting. Using a small scoop we rolled them into balls and froze them. So far so good! This is a "piece of cake".

The night before, we assembled all our remaining ingredients. The eyes, the beak, the wings, the little things on the tops of their heads???. We melted our "melting chocolate wafers" and began to dip. This is a practiced skill that requires patience and a steady hand. It would have been best to dip all the cake pops, let the chocolate harden and then attach the remaining body parts with royal icing. Next time we will~this time we did it the hard way and the results were less than perfect. In hindsite we should have just left the cake pops unadorned~ya live and learn!! One thing you must do is dip the tip of the cake pop stick into the melted chocolate and gently push it into the frozen cake pop. Then dip the pop on the stick gently all the way into the chocolate and "lightly" tap the excess chocolate off by tapping the pop stick against your finger. If this sounds a little iffy, go to the Bakerella site and watch the video.

The other thing that might have added to the taste would have been to use a frosting with cream cheese in it for more depth of flavor.

Okay! So it was a little wonky~it still tasted great!

We wrapped each cake pop in a cellophane case and stood them up like soldiers in a party themed covered foam board.