This was a really fun cake to make and it was for a really special occasion. The cake was to celebrate a very special high school graduate who won a college scholarship from the local PFLAG chapter. I have done several cake for the person who requested it, so all she asked specifically for was it to include a graduation cap and the PFLAG logo, the rest of the design was for me to create. I've done graduation caps before usually made from fondant and rice crispy treats, so I wanted to try something different. I thought it would be cool if I turned the top tier into the cap. I carved a dome out of the 6" cake and covered it in chocolate black fondant. To create the square, I just covered a piece of cardboard with the same fondant, sorry I'm not experienced enough to make it only out of gum paste. I used buttercream and a skewer to hold the top in place.
The bottom tier was a simple white fondant cake and added the logo using letter cutouts and then rolled out red and orange fondant for the triangle and heart shapes. I used the same letter cutouts for the rainbow-colored congratulations and then different stars for the rainbow of stars. To complete the cake I used rainbow rolled out fondant to create the colorful tassel.
The chapter loved the cake and the winner of the scholarship was so surprised they won! I'm going to have to keep this design in mind for future graduation cakes since it is so awesome looking!!
The chapter loved the cake and the winner of the scholarship was so surprised they won! I'm going to have to keep this design in mind for future graduation cakes since it is so awesome looking!!