I made this graduation cake in an 11 x 15 pan by Wilton. I used 2 white cake mixes which filled the pan well. After cooling, I cut a 3 inch strip off the top. Using that strip, I cut it into thirds. I placed one square on each corner- top left and bottom right. … Read more
This Graduation Cake was for a kindergarten graduation party and my fourth “fancy” cake. I had to get into making cakes since my kid is allergic to eggs. The kids will be the class of 2023 when they graduate high school. Step one: Three days before, I made chocolate and vanilla vegan cakes, larger rounds, … Read more
This graduation cake was for my husband’s sister’s 8th grade graduation party. For the cake I used two 13×9 cakes, one chocolate and one yellow and put them together. For the frosting I used my own (buttercream)recipe. For the colors on the cake I used the colors of the school that she went to, yellow … Read more
I was asked to make two high school cakes this year, and was very disappointed with what I was able to find on line, so came up with this graduation cake. For the cake I wrote all the graduates names on a fondant scroll. The gold “paint” was made from luster dust and a drop … Read more
This graduation cake was made in 2008 for a friend. Bottom of cap: I baked the bottom of the cap in one-half of the Wilton ball pan (if you don’t have that pan, you could also use an ovenproof bowl). Iced it, then covered it with fondant, making the fondant come to sort of a … Read more
We wanted the Graduation Open House Cake for our oldest daughter’s high school graduation to be different from all the others we had seen. So we decided to theme it toward where she would be attending college rather than where she went to high school. The IU cake was a four-layer red velvet cake with … Read more
I made this graduation cake for my boyfriend’s graduation. It was two 11″x15″ cakes (one white, one chocolate) placed side by side and glued together with a bit of icing. The top piece was cake baked in the top two pieces of a small tier set (5″ and 7″?). I decorated the top outside of … Read more
This was the second of two graduation cakes I made this year. For this cake, first bake and frost a cake (I used white butter cream icing and chocolate cake). For the mortarboard, I found a picture in clip art and enlarged it on the photocopier.
This is the graduation cake I made. This is the first time I tried my hand at Fondant. Since I don’t like the taste of ready made fondant I tried making marshmallow fondant. I wasn’t sure whether it will come out right so I didn’t add any colour. Once it came out well I was … Read more
My friend saw a picture online and wanted me to make a Graduation Cake for her husband. He had just graduated from a Respiratory Therapy program. The stethoscope and grad cap are made out of fondant. For the cap, I used a small piece of cardboard for the top and put the fondant on that … Read more
This graduation cake was for a High School Graduate. It is just a 1/4 Sheet cake decorated in golden yellow with red shell border. The cap is an upside down cup cake with a thick piece of black card stock on top (if its not thick enough the “glue” icing will bleed through). On top … Read more
Each of the 18 graduates got their own smiley face graduation cupcake. Graduation cupcake mortarboards were made from chocolate candy melts piped onto wax paper using decorating bag and then sprinkled with black sanding sugar. Graduation cake cupcake tassels are butter cream icing strings with fruit roll-up tassels.