Graduation Cake Decorating Ideas

Graduation cake decorating ideas can take an element of the graduate's cap, alma mater or career to remind everyone how much hard work has gone into that degree. If you decide to make a graduation cake yourself, your options are endless. Some of the most interesting graduation cakes are made at home. Here are a few ideas:

Cap Cake: One great graduation cake idea is to make two round cakes and stack them on top of each other. You can make them different flavors and even stick them together with jam instead of icing. Make black icing to frost the cake.

For the mortar (top of the hat), you take a square pan, line it with wax paper, pour melted chocolate into the pan and let it harden and cool. Remember that the mortar needs to be larger than the round cakes. Remove the mortar, trim off any rough edges and paint the chocolate mortar with black food coloring to make it match the icing. If you ordered an extra tassel, you can use it on the cake or make it out of taffy. Attach it to the top of the cake, place a round candy as the button and you have a phenomenal graduation cake.

Alma Mater Cake: Another stunning cake is a simple sheet cake with a large replica of the school emblem made of frosting in the center of the cake. Add the school name above the emblem and "congratulations [name]" on the bottom. You could also bake a cake and simply frost it in the school colors.

Career Cake: Consider going beyond the graduation and make the cake represent the career path the graduate has chosen. A nurse may enjoy their cake made into a nurse hat shape, or a dentist can have a cake shaped like a tooth. Whatever the graduate's career, you can make the cake reflect his or her achievement.