I want to try making a graduation cap for the top of my cake. I see pictures in the gallery, but don't have a clue how they've done them. Are they made w/half a round ball cake pan? Is the "cap" made from gum paste or covered cardboard? Does the gumpast get hard enough to stay flat? Any help greatly appreciated...

There are a couple of different ways you can go about making a graduation cap. One... you could bake a larger than normal cupcake, use it upside down and use like foamcore cut into a square and cover it with fondant as the top of the cap. for the tassle you can always use a clay gun. When I did mine, I covered a plastic coctail glass with fondant so it was very lightweight and didn't need support, cut foamcore into a square and covered with fondant and then stuck them together and used a clay gun for the tassle. Good luck

I made one with candy melts - it is in my pics, the bottom part was solid - I made it in a small bowl - I didn't use any special supports for it - it set just fine on a 6" cake. I made the tassel with gumpaste - and used the extruder to make it.