Buttercream Roses Pink and White Graduation Cake

Happy to get to make the graduation cake for my dear friend Darci's sweet baby girl. Can't BELIEVE she's old enough to graduate, holy moly! Top tier is vanilla (pink and white striped on the inside) and vanilla crème filling. Bottom tier is red velvet with cream cheese filling. Lots of buttercream icing. The grad cap and diploma are marshmallow fondant.

Masters in Nursing Graduation Cake

This cake was to celebrate 2 colleagues who put in amazing effort and time to earn their Masters in Nursing. Wow! Lemon cake with lemon crème filling and buttercream icing. The grad cap is marshmallow fondant and the pearls are yummy sixlets.

Dr Seuss-Inspired Cat in a Graduation Hat Cake

Unique hat for a unique graduate! She requested a funky, pink cake, with a cat theme,ha ha, and this was my interpretation. 😉

Marbled vanilla and chocolate cake with vanilla creme filling, buttercream icing and marshmallow fondant accents.

Baseball Jersey Graduation Cake

Pretty straight forward cake: baseball jersey for the graduating high schooler. :-) Jersey is marshmallow fondant, all hand pieced (11/2 hours work), as is the graduate cap. The cake itself was BIG, bigger than it looks here. 11"x15", 3 layers, and each layer is a cake and a third, so the equivalent of 4 9" 2 layer cakes.

It's vanilla cake, with chocolate marbling, raspberry filling and buttercream icing.

Graduation Fondant Figure

A friend of ours asked me to make just the topper for her sons graduation cake. I love to make them, so it was easy to agree. Harder was carving out time to actually do it, ha ha! They do take a couple of hours, but if you like to be creative, it's fun work. I followed mostly the steps that Wilton publishes online to make graduation figures. You can find it here: http://www.wilton.com/3D/ideas/idea.cfm?alias=Graduate-Boy&cmp=pint2013&icid=04173dgraduateboy

I use rice krispy treat as a base, because it's lighter and doesn't require the drying time that fondant does, to stand up straight. Below are the steps I took:

Make a cone with rice krispy treat.

Cut a skewer to size, to hold the figures head on.

Next, I covered it with black buttercream icing.

While that set up a little, I started on the head, so it would have time to dry a little (and not lose its shape) before attaching.

And added the cap base too …

Then I set the head aside to dry.

Next, I rolled out a rectangle of marshmallow fondant for the gown and attached it.

Added some shoes.

And a neck:

And then made the arms:

I attached those with a little water, and added the diploma, then hands, and also a book (the Bible, in this case, as Brady is headed into the mission field).

Time to finish the head, by adding hair, glasses, a cap and tassel.

He was "off kilter " at first, so I adjusted his head and "set him straight," lol. I know, my husband doesn't think I'm funny either, but I totally crack MYSELF up! :-D

Tada! And that's all there was too it. I thought he turned out adorable! 

Tiffany Blue and Coral Graduation Cake

On the morning of this graduation party, I was sitting around at home with not a lot to do and not being very industrious. I had been thinking I should've made a graduation cake for the party girl, and wondered if they would still let me. So I asked the grad and she was thrilled. Since I only had a few hours, 4-5 really, I got right to work. I kept it simple, but I loved the color scheme of Tiffany blue and coral, which made it fun automatically. I made the fondant flower first so that it could dry and I made it as thin as possible, so it would dry more quickly. The piped roses are super simple, but so sweet and pretty. I added a few silver edible pearls and VOILA! I loved the charming look it had, and it looked great with her party decor.

Graduation Cake with Silhouettes and Stars

Another great kid graduates and the opportunity to create his cake us given to me. Lucky me, because for this cake I was given carte blanche in design, and that made me very happy. Because the school colors are red and black, silhouettes seemed a natural choice, and a great contrast.

Used the quote "Reach for the moon, even if you fail youll still be in the stars," and allowed red, black and white stars to complement the cake.

Graduate picked the flavors, vanilla with French vanilla cremè filling, buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant accents. Simple in taste, simple in design, but I think it turned out just right.

Baseball and Football Jersey Graduation Cake

When first approached to make this cake, I was disappointed because I had to say no, I already had 2 cakes scheduled. But then, I remembered this little boy that I had watched grow up, that  my husband had coached in little league, and I knew that I had to make his cake. And so, I changed my mind, as is my perogative, as a woman, and more importantly as a cake decorator. 😉

Baseball on one side . . . 

Football on the other . . . 

and a meaningful quote on the back. 

Cake is vanilla, with buttercream frosting and hand-shaped marshmallow fondant accents.

It was my honor to make this cake, actually. Andy is a great kid, and I couldn't be more happy to watch his future unfold.