What is a nappy cake?

A nappy cake (also known as a diaper cake or baby gift cake) is made up of nappies which are put together in tiers to form, what looks like, a wedding cake. Inside, the nappy cake will be filled with baby products, such as clothing, toys and toiletries. The best types of nappy cakes have blankets wrapped around the outside of the nappies for an “icing” look. They are then decorated with ribbons and look absolutely fantastic.

Quite often, nappy cakes are centre-pieces at baby showers (which is a party for the mum-to-be where gifts are given and games are played).

The nappy cake is not only a stunning gift to give, but it is also a very, very practical one as all the things inside it will be used. After all, you can’t have enough nappies for a new baby, and they are very costly too!

When buying a nappy cake, you should look for the one that is best value, for instance, some nappy cakes appear very cheap, but they can be just three tiers of nappies wrapped in ribbons and nothing more. A good nappy cake will be filled with lovely surprises, look fantastic and even have a gift for the new mum. Remember the time and effort that has been put into a nappy cake, if it seems too cheap then it’s probably just been thrown together quickly with no thought or attention to detail.

Finally, a nappy cake is very versatile, imagine going to or organising a baby shower for parents who don’t yet know the sex of their baby, a nappy cake will come in many colours, therefore, you will still be able to wow with a neutral coloured one. If they do know the sex of their baby, then you can give them a pink or blue one instead.

So nappy cakes truly are the ideal baby gift, they are versatile, practical and stunning all rolled into one gift – not many gifts can do that!

Gifties has a website which sells, hand-made to order, baby gift cakes (also known as nappy cakes).

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