Musical Graduation Cake

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

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double chocolate cake, fondant, graduation cake, Sour cream vanilla cake, strawberry mousse filling, vanilla cream cheese frosting

I made this graduation cake for the darling daughter of a dear friend who is graduating from high school this year. She is very musical (among her other talents) and wanted a musical-themed cake with flowers.

This is a half-sheet double layer cake (chocolate and vanilla) with a fresh strawberry filling, iced with vanilla-bean cream cheese buttercream The notes are made from melted chocolate piped ahead of time onto waxed paper and added at the end. The graduation cap and scroll are made from homemade marshmallow fondant with royal icing piped on. Some flowers are buttercream and others I cut from fondant.

It was such a pleasure to do this cake for Henriette’s graduation…She is an outstanding girl who is very adventuresome and excels in so many things. We wish her all the best in her coming years of college…Good luck, Henriette!!

Graduation Cake with Mortar Board

15 Sunday Jun 2014

Posted by Laurie in Cakes

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candy melt cap, fondant, graduation cake, Mortar Board, Pink Velvet Cake, raspberry mousse filling, vanilla-bean frosting

Well, it’s graduation season and I’ve been making cakes! Cakes for big parties (250 people!) and small family gatherings. It’s so fun to personalize them for each graduate…There are so many possibilities.

This full-sheet cake I made for the graduating daughter of our neighbor. She asked for a pink champagne cake with raspberry mousse filling, iced with vanilla-bean buttercream–delicious combo! There was no particular theme, just a big celebration cake with primary colors for family and friends (and they do have a BIG family…10 kids!).

Since it was such a big cake, I wanted to add some dimension. The large graduation cap is made from a smaller 4″-round cake frosted with black buttercream. The top of the mortar board is made from black candy melts that I piped onto waxed paper and cut to a square after it had chilled for a few minutes (thanks to Liz Larson for the video tutorial on this: theartoffrosting.blogspot.com). The tassel, smaller cap, stars, and twists are made from homemade marshmallow fondant.