Graduation Ceremony
This push-up cake, designed for graduation season, is topped with a graduation cap decoration crafted from sugar paste.
Ingredients
Push-pop cake (already filled and piped with frosting, flavor of choice)
1 piece
Black fondant
20 g
Royal icing (tinted with black food coloring paste)
A pinch
Instructions
1
Step 1
Take half of the black fondant and shape it into the base of the graduation cap, flattening the top to serve as the cap board.
2
Step 2
Reserve a small piece of fondant for the tassel, then roll out the remaining black fondant to about 5 mm thick and cut out a square large enough for the cap board.
3
Step 3
Roll the reserved fondant into a long strip that is thick on one end and thin on the other. Carefully use a craft knife to finely cut the thicker end to create a tassel. Fill a piping bag with the black royal icing and use a little of the icing to attach the tassel to the top of the cap board. Let dry overnight.
4
Step 4
Once dry, use more black royal icing to attach the cap board to the cap base.
5
Step 5
Place the graduation cap on top of the finished push-pop cake.
