Graduation Cake Decorations

The great thing about looking after the graduation cake is that you can be a creative and inventive as you like. As a basic rule of thumb - the more unique the ideas, the better.

Personalizing the cake with the name of the person, the graduation date and the name of the school, college or university will add a great personal touch to create a great graduation cake but you need not stop there. Think about the person graduating and consider the following - the subject studied their personality & interests and so on. You will soon come up with unique ideas on how to approach your Graduation cake decorations.

The Classic Graduation Theme The mortar board and tassel are the classic graduation cake toppings, but you dont need to stick with tradition. Fun patterns, school colours, polka dots and stars may meet other peoples tastes. For a child's graduation celebration a superhero design or cars and trains mey be a better option. The choices for your cake design are as wide as your imagination.  . If the graduate has career plans, maybe you could decorate the cake to reflect this choice. A Dollar sign for an accountant or a test tube for a graduate perusing a science career. A short quotation also provides an added touch of class. What about some Latin? Or a school motto? 

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Themed cake decorations are always a good idea. For example for a  maths graduation you could decorate the cake in the cake in the school colors displayed with math symbols, everything from plus and minus signs to pi and square root signs. The same could be applied with Science - test tubes and chemical elements etc. I would check the Wilton cake decorating books. Also, go to your library and see what kind of cake decorating books that they have. Thirdly, I would consult with a bakery and see if they have any suggestions.

 
When working on a cake yourself bear in mind that to properly decorated a cake, you can buy Moulds in various different shapes and sizes. Cars, trains, cartoon characters, the list goes on. Thick cream can be put into these moulds to get different kinds of shapes for presentation purposes. Edible articles such as chocolates - grated or made into figures, candies, butter cream, fruit pieces like strawberries, cherries etc

 
You can also use the season as your inspiration. There are various frostings and icings which can be used for cake decorations. Victorian style, Royal icing, Fondant, Ganache and so on