Pauline's Diaper Cake

We got invited to a couples baby shower for my cousin's brother-in-law's wife. It got delayed and then because her due date was fast approaching, it was rescheduled at very short notice. Having met the new mother-to-be only once before, I didn't really know what she would like.

The shower theme was flowers and the color pink. Since I didn't have much time to do something more creative, I decided to go generic. So I went with a couple pieces that I had used before in practice designs: a pair of embroidered ballet shoes and an adorable caterpillar figurine.

Luckily I had ribbon that coordinated well with the slippers, they even had the same shade of light blue that matched the embroidery. I pulled a lot of different flowers with different textures into the cake, from giant blooms to hydrangea and tiny flowers, ranging in various pinks and greens, and even more baby blue. I also included some berries to pull in more burgundy color.

Looking back, the cake really needed some height, either with another smaller layer on top, or a topper that was taller. Or perhaps swapping the placement of the shoes and the caterpillar. And the flowers seem like a jumbled mess, I think it would have looked a bit more deliberate if there was more contrast in the colors or fewer shapes in the types of flowers.

It wasn't my favorite design, but it reminded me to be a little bit more mindful of what I throw together on a cake. It made me look at older designs and think about what worked and what didn't. Which is good, because even though I've done a lot of these diaper cakes, there's always room for improvement.

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