Corey's High School Graduation Cake - 2009

by Angie Mitchell
(Pinetops, NC, USA)

I used yellow cake mix and then iced with homemade buttercreme icing. The graduation cap is made of a 6" yellow cake that was cut at a slant after it cooled, it was then iced with buttercreme icing.

I cut a 6" square cakeboard to make the top of the cap. A thin layer of icing was placed on it. I used a #6 tip to ice a border around the cap top and bottom of the cap. I attached the tassel(which I found was a keychain I broke down to make work on the cake). I also placed dowel rods under the cap to ensure it didn't sink down into the cake.

My son loved his cake and so did all the guests.