A friend of mine’s daughter was graduating from High School and he asked if I could make a cake shaped like a peanut (because that is his nickname for her). I think I did a pretty good job on it. It is all homemade including the cake batter, Italian buttercream base layer and the white … Read more
I made this 1st Graduation Gown Cake to celebrate my dad’s obtention of a doctorate degree. It was the first of this kind I made and it took me some reflection. That also explains the imperfect finish. By the side of it were a pile of books and a certificate but these are not on … Read more
This is a graduation cake I made for a co-worker. The colors of the cap and gown were going to be white, so he wanted mostly white, but the school colors also included silver and blue. I actually made two 8″ inch double-layer cakes (one chocolate, one yellow), and put them side by side and … Read more
I made this graduation cake for my sons college graduation party May 2007. I baked two layers of cake in my 16″ Wilton round pan (that’s two boxed mixes per layer, four boxed mixes). I usually make one layer a yellow/butter cake and the other milk or dark chocolate layer. I add two to three … Read more
To start out with this graduation cake, I made one 10″ round cake and one cake in the wonder mold cake pan. After the cakes were cooled, I placed the round cake on the silly feet cake stand, and the wonder cake on top of it. I then frosted the entire cake in blue buttercream. … Read more
This Flying Caps Graduation Cake is a ½ sheet cake, which I made half chocolate and half white cake. It is frosted with buttercream icing and all of the embellishments are made with marshmallow fondant. In hindsight, I think I might have tried using clear straws to support the hats rather than lollipops sticks. I’m … Read more
My niece graduated from kinder. I’ve been making family cakes for years, precious moments was my inspiration. This Homemade Graduation Cake was chocolate with fondant. It was 3D. I made the cap, gown and flowers first then planted them on the cake itself.
This was my daughters graduation cake she made herself. It was a first attempt as part of her primary teaching degree. She had to do design and technology and the theme was “celebration” (so she chose her own graduation). She made it as a fruit cake (a recipe from Marks and Spencer recipe book) and … Read more
This graduation cake I made for my sister’s graduation party. The cake is a 2 layer 16in round iced in buttercream. The roses are royal icing that I made a few days ahead of time. The graduation cap is a candy plaque using the Wilton pan. I started by piping in melted yellow candy melts … Read more
This Homemade Graduation Cake was my absolute first fondant cake. It was my daughter’s grade 8 graduation and I decided to give a shot (the decision came shortly after we tried to order a fondant cake for my niece on short notice -5 days) and all bakeries told us was they need at least 1 … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for my brother in law’s graduation meal. I looked on the web and in books for some ideas for a graduation cake. I decided to make the cake into pile of books and put a mortorboard on the top. To start I made three rectangle cakes, one chocolate, … Read more
This graduation cake was made for an elementary graduation party. The colors are the colors of the party which was a barbeque. I used a Wiltons Cake Pan with a rainbow confetti cake mix. I piped in all decorations according to instructions provided with the pan.s Cake Pan with a rainbow confetti cake mix. I … Read more