Graduation Cake

Graduation Cake on Cake Central

This cake was for our homeschool group's Recognition Night (kind of like a graduation night for all ages). It served 150 and was one heavy cake! Fondant covered with fondant crayons, rulers and scissors (thanks to kelcake for doing those for me) and gumpaste grad cap and diploma.

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I watched this cake come together and thought it was beautiful from the start. You did an amazing job as usual!

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I don't know if this is too big of a comment here...but I'll try to post how I did my lettering here: 1. I printed out the titles on publisher to the size that i wanted them on the books. 2. I took a CLEAN straight pin and poked holes through the paper on top of the letters. 3. I pinned the paper to the side of the cake with 2 or 3 straight pins...then followed my pin marks throught the paper and into the fondant on the cake. 4. I removed the paper and had a guideline left to trace with royal.

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Awesome! I always do the cakes for our homeschool graduation. Great idea! Could you also pm me with the writing tips?

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you,ve done a fantastic job, I love your cake; they all look so real and thanks for the writing tips. bose

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Have to say that this one absolutely blew me over! This is such a great cake -- you really did an amazing job! Congratulations on the recognition night too!

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thanks guys! lisa...i will pm you my tips for lettering...they are too long to put on here!

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This was a huge cake! They were all single layer cakes. On the very bottom there is a book (hard to see) under the cat in the hat book...that was a 9x13, followed by 3 11x15, another 9x13 and then an 8x6. Then the open book is the Wilton open book pan.

on

I watched this cake come together and thought it was beautiful from the start. You did an amazing job as usual!

on

I don't know if this is too big of a comment here...but I'll try to post how I did my lettering here: 1. I printed out the titles on publisher to the size that i wanted them on the books. 2. I took a CLEAN straight pin and poked holes through the paper on top of the letters. 3. I pinned the paper to the side of the cake with 2 or 3 straight pins...then followed my pin marks throught the paper and into the fondant on the cake. 4. I removed the paper and had a guideline left to trace with royal.

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Awesome! I always do the cakes for our homeschool graduation. Great idea! Could you also pm me with the writing tips?

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you,ve done a fantastic job, I love your cake; they all look so real and thanks for the writing tips. bose

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Have to say that this one absolutely blew me over! This is such a great cake -- you really did an amazing job! Congratulations on the recognition night too!

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thanks guys! lisa...i will pm you my tips for lettering...they are too long to put on here!

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This was a huge cake! They were all single layer cakes. On the very bottom there is a book (hard to see) under the cat in the hat book...that was a 9x13, followed by 3 11x15, another 9x13 and then an 8x6. Then the open book is the Wilton open book pan.