Yellow (box) cake with chocolate crusting BC (serious_cakes recipe) Fondant diploma, school emblem, tassel and decorations. Mortarboard is molded semi-sweet chocolate covered in black finishing sugar. Have to confess - first time ever attempted anything like this! Have never worked with fondant nor smoothing buttercream - Have a whole new appreciation for cake decorators - You guys work HARD!!! Thanks to all who contribute to this site - it was a great help!!!