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I am selling a diaper cake to a friend and she is at the other side of the US than me... on ebay I see that people are using a "central support system" to keep them from falling apart. While I believe the diapers are wrapped tightly enough that they would not fall apart, I'd like to be sure. I was going to use a dowel rod but perhaps there's something better? How do you go about using whatever "device" you use?
I have been making diaper cakes for years, and I've tried everything to keep the layers together. There are a couple of good options. First, before you assemble the individual layers of your cake, be sure each layer is tightly bundled. Whether your cake is constructed with individually rolled diapers or diapers that are "fanned" into a circle, the key is to make sure they are TIGHT. When you are making your layers, you should be able to pick up each layer (with a light touch) without any diapers moving or sagging in the layer. If you can do that, then your layer is bundled tightly enough.
Once your diaper cake is securely bundled, choose your support system. In my opinion, a quarter inch dowel rod works best. It is strong enough to guard your cake from toppling, but small enough that it won't affect the shape of your cake - no one will even know it's there. An easy method of insertion: measure the height of your cake and cut your dowel rod to 1/2" shorter than that height (you don't want it to poke out the top.) Next, wrap one diaper around the dowel rod for each layer of the cake, and secure with an elastic or a piece of string. When this step is complete, it should look like a column of 3 rolled diapers, with no dowel rod showing at all.
Now, lay out the bottom layer of your diaper cake. If it is bundled tightly enough, you should be able to remove ONLY THE CENTER DIAPER without any other diapers moving. Make sure you remove the diaper from the exact center of the bottom layer. Now, insert your "diaper wrapped" dowel rod in its place (the diaper on the TOP of the dowel rod should be the one that comes up half an inch above the dowel rod, to ensure that it doesn't show.)
Take your next layer, remove the center diaper, and slide it down your diaper wrapped dowel rod into place. Repeat for each layer, and viola! You have a very secure cake.
Your second option is to use tall baby care items to secure the cake. Start in the middle of the largest layer, and remove just about 3 diapers. Insert a tall Baby Powder, or a blanket or towel that you have rolled into a tall cylinder. Remove the same number of diapers from the next layer, and slide the next layer over the item you've chosen to support those two layers. Now, remove about 3 more diapers from that second layer (in a slightly different area,) add another tall item, remove diapers from the final layer, and slide over the support item. Whatever items you choose to support your cake should be roughly the height of two cake layers. Remember to vary their location within the cake layers.
Either of these options works equally well. The final step you want to take to really guarantee that the cake will be secure is to wrap the whole thing. I large tulle circle (tulle is about a dollar a yard at any craft store) or a cellophane gift bag (these are quite inexpensive as well) will ensure that you can put your cake in the mail and sleep soundly! It will arrive just as beautiful as you sent it!
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