Graduation Cake Photo Gallery (upload your graduation cake photos!)

by Laura Ferrante
thePartyWorks.com
Supplies needed:
Wilton Wondermold pan
1 graduation cake recipe
1 lb rolled fondant
1/2 cup buttercream
Cooking Spray
Cocoa Powder
8 inch square cake board
Wilton color paste in black for cap and color of choice for tassel

Spray the pan very well with cooking spray. This will allow the cake to release much easier once it is baked. Don't fill the pan more then 2/3's full. It will rise once it bakes. Follow the baking time for the cake mix. Once the cake is done remove from the pan on to a cooling rack. The cake will need to cool completely before applying the icing.

While the cake is baking and cooling prepare the fondant. Take 1/3 of the fondant and kneed in color for the tassel. Roll it out to a long sausage shape and with a knife score it to look like a tassel. Roll a small ball look to like the knot used to attached the tassel.

Take the remaining fondant and add cocoa powder until you get a nice dark brown color. Use a little shortening on your hands if the fondant becomes sticky. Add the black food coloring. It is much easier to take fondant from brown to black then from white to black. Roll out the fondant out to cover the 8 inch cake board. Attach the tassel and knot to the covered cake board.