New Nappy Cake

thumperandbambi

I swirled mine too, but forgot to count how many on each tier doh!!

I know it was 29 nappies in total though
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timnlaura

Thanks for you replies guys, i have anappy cake order for the weekend so will weigh that just out of interest. But think i will decline. HOw are you guys using so little nappies? Mine must be huge compared lol!

thumperandbambi

I 'swirled' mine quite tight to get the shape and then let it sort of expand before I put the elastic (was actually fishing line lol) round, this left me plenty of space to fit in the shampoo and bath stuff etc

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Daisy606

timnlaura wrote: »

Thanks for you replies guys, i have anappy cake order for the weekend so will weigh that just out of interest. But think i will decline. HOw are you guys using so little nappies? Mine must be huge compared lol!

Mine too! I haven't actually completed one yet. My friend is due in a couple of weeks so i have been taking my time and shopping around for 'ingredients'. I have done the structure (following one of many tutorials on YouTube) and the bottom tier is 12 inches diameter. That's why I enquired about the cake boards, I had to buy a 14" board as a base for it. It's quite heavy!

moonpenny

I use 12 inch boards.
20 Nappies on bottom, 10 middle, 6 top. I replace 1 nappy in bottom tier and 1 in top tier with something else or it would be 38 used. (I use 36)
I also put stuff in the middle. I still roll mine at the moment.

Hollie84

i dont ever use cake boards,only for my pampers cakes sometimes if i have to put a bottle of something heavy through the middle

Daisy606

OK, I've got 33 on my bottom tier - I'm cutting down!

jojo_sapphire

Daisy606 wrote: »

OK, I've got 33 on my bottom tier - I'm cutting down!

I Find it depends which nappies you use i use approx 15 more if i make a 3 tier pampers cake instead of huggies!

HTH
Jo

moonpenny

JoJo, I have always uses Pampers newborn size 2 and you are right - they are quite thin.
When I first started I tried a few (always newborn size 2) Boots own make were quite thick and Tesco were even thicker. Didn't think they should be so thick for a new baby so stuck with Pampers.

Keep thinking I will try Huggies but can't seem to find them. Which ones do you use?

jojo_sapphire

moonpenny wrote: »

JoJo, I have always uses Pampers newborn size 2 and you are right - they are quite thin.
When I first started I tried a few (always newborn size 2) Boots own make were quite thick and Tesco were even thicker. Didn't think they should be so thick for a new baby so stuck with Pampers.

Keep thinking I will try Huggies but can't seem to find them. Which ones do you use?

I've always used Huggies size 3 unless i have requests for others, mainly because they sit better in cakes (more solid) & i also prefer huggies on my kids. As both are still in nappies i have so many nappies in this house!