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Hitting the Books Graduation Cake

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Pomp and Circumstance never tasted so sweet. Celebrate your special graduate’s new chapter in life with this bookish graduation cake. Use either the boy or girl graduate Shape-N-Amaze 3-D character to top your cake.

Writing a New Chapter Cake

Difficulty: Easy

The Book Pan is perfect for creating your graduation story line! Here, we’ve added a Smiley Grad Pan student to create an inspiring combo cake.

Graduation Mindset Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The sky’s the limit for this lucky graduate! Graduation Mindset cake urges them to reach for the stars as they journey out into the world.

Folk Art Fondant Cake

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Create a folk art masterpiece cake using decorations made with the Wilton Fondant & Gum Paste Mold, Folk Designs. Perfect for so many celebrations, the bright and colorful decorations are easily made with Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant.

Graduation Congratulations Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Commemorate the commencement by using Sugar Sheets! embellishments to enhance a sheet cake. Stripes, leaves and diploma are easy to cut and shape.

Cheesecake Squares

Difficulty: Easy

These fruit-topped cheesecake squares make a festive display on our Cupcakes ‘N More Dessert Stand (sizes hold 13 to 38 servings). The 13-count size, one per table, makes a great centerpiece for weddings and baby showers.

Lemon and Berry Harvest Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Non-stick Dimensions® cake pans bake cakes with sharp details and spectacular sculpted shapes. Our Lemon and Berry Harvest cake is surrounded by fresh fruit and lightly dusted with confectioners’ sugar. That’s all you need to impress!

Sugar Sheet! Jelly Roll Diploma Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Everyone shares in the sweet success when you serve these delightful diplomas made with your favorite jelly roll recipe and Sugar Sheets!™ Edible Decorating Paper. The breezy bow adds the colorful touch that ties it all together.

In the Glee Club Graduation Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Happy graduate is certainly In the Glee Club today with this graduation cake. Use the school colors for the cap and tassel to earn extra credit for your efforts!

Celebrating Her Success Graduation Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

This mortarboard graduation cake comes complete with a tassel! There’s nothing more iconic than a mortarboard when it comes to graduation. This important yet fun rite of passage is easily commemorated in this easy to create graduation cake.

Brainy Bear Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The Brainy Bear Cake is sure to earn accolades from any graduate. The keys to your success? The Stand-Up Cuddly Bear pan to bake a 3-D cake and multi-opening Tip 233 to pipe fantastic faux fur.

A Round of Cheesecakes

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Tantalize taste buds with A Round of Cheesecakes. Individual vanilla and raspberry cheesecakes are topped with candy swirls or fresh fruit. Display the dainty delights on the Cupcakes ‘N More Dessert Stand.

Harvest Of Happiness Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

With the weather warming up, the graduation party is the ideal occasion for this fruit-topped tier cake! This design gracefully rises on our Floating Tiers Cake Stand. The grapes and strawberries shimmer with White Cake Sparkles.

Congratulate the Graduate Cake

Difficulty: Medium

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.

Book These Friends For Life! Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Make the day memorable with a yearbook-inspired cake. Use our Book Pan for baking the cake and Rolled Fondant to create the easy-to-personalize picture panels.

Salute the Students Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Serve a cake as star-studded as the graduation ceremony. Use the Star Power Fondant Imprint Mat to imprint the cool constellations which you can highlight with dazzling Pearl Dust colors.