Description
This Elegant Graduation Cake with Fondant Cap Topper features a flavorful blend of cakes, buttercream frosting, and whimsical decorations that are sure to impress any graduate. Easy to make, it’s perfect for celebrating a significant achievement with loved ones.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 yellow sheet cakes
- 2 chocolate sheet cakes
- 1 cotton candy cake
- 10 cups American buttercream frosting (tinted yellow with gel food coloring)
- 4 cups marshmallow fondant (2 cups black and 2 cups white)
- 1 batch rice krispie treats (can also use store-bought)
Instructions
- Bake 2 yellow sheet cakes (9×13 dimensions), 2 chocolate sheet cakes (9×13), and 1 cotton candy dome cake (5-inch diameter). Use leftover cotton candy batter for cupcakes if desired.
- Cool the cakes completely.
- Prepare the yellow buttercream frosting while the cakes are cooling.
- For the cap cake, place the dome cake on a cake board of the same size, frost with buttercream, and chill for 20 minutes.
- Roll out black fondant and cover the chilled dome cake. Trim the excess with a pizza cutter and insert a bubble tea straw in the center.
- Create the cap top using a square cardboard piece, color the edges with a black edible marker, and cover with black fondant. Trim the excess.
- Cut a small circle from fondant, brush corn syrup onto the cardboard, and attach a folded ribbon and the small circle on top.
- Secure the cap to the dome cake with melted chocolate or royal icing and steam to remove powdered sugar residue.
- For the edible diploma, shape rice krispie treats into a log, ice it, and wrap with white fondant, trimming the excess.
- Add fondant circles to both ends of the diploma and wrap it with a red ribbon.
- Assemble the cake by placing 2 chocolate cakes side by side on a large board, icing them, and stacking the 2 yellow cakes on top.
- Pipe roses on the sides and top of the cake using yellow icing and a star tip.
- Place the cap and diploma where desired on the cake, reinforcing them with dowels if needed.
- Create letter cutouts for 'Congratulations Class of 2024' and adhere them to the cake board with buttercream.
Notes
Feel free to customize the cake flavors according to your preference.
For a smoother finish, ensure the cakes are completely cooled before frosting.
Use a variety of decorative elements for a personal touch.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg