Diaper Baby Shower Cake

My boss at one of my jewelry-making jobs is pregnant. VERY pregnant. She's probably-going-to-be-induced-Monday pregnant. While my co-workers and I were sitting around the table working this afternoon, we got the idea to throw her a surprise party. Tomorrow. And they wanted me to make a cake in the shape of a diaper. Sure, why not!

Now, this isn't an easy project for several reasons. First, one of the girls is a strict vegan, so I can't just use a box mix with milk and eggs. This cake had to be made from scratch, and I needed to pick up a few ingredients from Whole Foods. Second, I'm still not good at icing a chocolate cake in a concave shape with white buttercream icing. Yes, the cake is chocolate with a chocolate pudding filling between the layers for added gross factor. Third, the vegan icing must be whipped for ten minutes, and I discovered too late that one recipe wasn't enough.

The diaper cake turned out pretty well, if I do say do myself! :)

By the way, you can find the vegan chocolate cake recipe on Allrecipes.com and the vegan buttercream recipe on Vegweb.com both are VERY tasty. Be sure to double the cake recipe if you want two 8-inch rounds.