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Congratulate the Graduate Cake
This cake is a step up from other graduation cakes. This beautiful two-tiered cake features a diploma and mortarboard that you can personalize to really celebrate your graduates.
Ingredients:
- Easy-Add Royal Blue Icing Color Add to shopping list Royal Blue Icing Color
- Easy-Add Moss Green Icing Color Add to shopping list Moss Green Icing Color
- Easy-Add Lemon Yellow Icing Color Add to shopping list Lemon Yellow Icing Color
- Easy-Add Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant Add to shopping list Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Easy-Add Ready-To-Use Gum Paste Add to shopping list Ready-To-Use Gum Paste
- Easy-Add White Candy Melts® Candy Add to shopping list White Candy Melts® Candy
- Easy-Add Primary Candy Colors Set Add to shopping list Primary Candy Colors Set
- Easy-Add FoodWriter™ Fine Tip Primary Colors Edible Color Markers Add to shopping list FoodWriter™ Fine Tip Primary Colors Edible Color Markers
- Easy-Add Meringue Powder Add to shopping list Meringue Powder
Makes:
Cake serves 46.
Techniques Used:
Tools:
- Easy-Add 8 x 2 in. Round Pan Add to shopping list 8 x 2 in. Round Pan
- Easy-Add 12 x 18 x 2 in. Sheet Pan Add to shopping list 12 x 18 x 2 in. Sheet Pan
- Easy-Add Topping Off Success Pan Add to shopping list Topping Off Success Pan
- Easy-Add Tip: 1 Add to shopping list Tip: 1
- Easy-Add Tip: 5 Add to shopping list Tip: 5
- Easy-Add Tip: 10 Add to shopping list Tip: 10
- Easy-Add Tip: 12 Add to shopping list Tip: 12
- Easy-Add Tip: 18 Add to shopping list Tip: 18
- Easy-Add Tip: 102 Add to shopping list Tip: 102
- Easy-Add Tip: 104 Add to shopping list Tip: 104
- Easy-Add Brush Set Add to shopping list Brush Set
- Easy-Add Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother Add to shopping list Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother
- Easy-Add Rolling Pin Add to shopping list Rolling Pin
- Easy-Add Roll-N-Cut Mat Add to shopping list Roll-N-Cut Mat
- Easy-Add 7 in. Baker's Best Disposable Pillars with Rings Add to shopping list 7 in. Baker's Best Disposable Pillars with Rings
- Easy-Add 9 in. decorator preferred scalloped separator plate Add to shopping list 9 in. decorator preferred scalloped separator plate
- Easy-Add Plastic Dowel Rods Add to shopping list Plastic Dowel Rods
- Easy-Add Wooden Dowel Rods Add to shopping list Wooden Dowel Rods
- Easy-Add Flower Spikes Add to shopping list Flower Spikes
- Green Leaves
- Easy-Add Flower Nail No. 7 Add to shopping list Flower Nail No. 7
- Easy-Add Cake Board Add to shopping list Cake Board
- Easy-Add Fanci-Foil Wrap Add to shopping list Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Easy-Add Female Grad Bobbling Topper Add to shopping list Female Grad Bobbling Topper
- Waxed paper
- Aluminum foil
- 55 pieces 22-gauge florist wire (6 inches long)
- 30 pieces 20-gauge florist wire (6 inches long and 2 piexes 36 inches long)
- Green florist tape
- Wire Cutters
- Bubble wrap
- Craft block
- Knife
- Ruler
- Hot Glue Gun
Instructions:
Step 1
In advance: Make royal icing floral garlands, using 35 tip 102 apple blossoms with tip 1 dot centers and 30 tip 104 roses with tip 12 bases. Also: Make candy plaque mortarboard in Topping Off Success pan using painting method. Refrigerate until firm; unmold. And: make diploma.
Step 2
Prepare 1-layer cakes for rolled fondant. Tint fondant blue. Cover cakes; smooth with Fondant Smoother. Prepare for Push-In Pillar Construction. Pipe tip 18 shell bottom borders using buttercream.
Step 3
At reception: Assemble cakes. Insert 1st flower spike into back of 8 in. cake; insert 1st garland section and curve around and down to bottom cake. (If needed, place a small amount of fondant in flower spike to secure garland.) Insert 2nd flower spike in back of sheet cake at end of 1st garland. Insert 2nd garland section and curve around cake to the front. Position diploma. Cut white plastic dowel rods to support candy plaque on angle. Position and attach candy plaque with melted candy. Position topper.
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