These eight graduation cake ideas will provide inspiration and guidance for planning the next graduation party. Graduation cakes mark the end of a course of study, successful completion, and startups on the horizon. Each emblematic celebration has its special rituals, decorations, music and cakes. Careful preparation will ensure that your party will be remembered for many years to come.
1. Choose Exciting Flavors, Pastels, and Colors
Buying a ready-to-use celebration cake from the grocery store often limits it to vanilla or chocolate. When ordering custom graduation cakes, you can choose from a wide range of cake flavors, colors, and types. There is nothing wrong with a standard butter cake, but there are other options, such as cheesecake, sponge cake, ice cream cake, fudge, or mousse. Consider marble, fruity berry flavors, tangy citrus, coffee, and nutty essences. Frosting and filling flavors can be the same or different, for example, Lemon with Chocolate, Vanilla with Chocolate, or Strawberry with Vanilla.
When choosing colors, consider taste, other party decorations, and of course any theme. Some decorators incorporate colors from the school, the completed program, or the next educational institution. Using the graduate’s favorite colors is another possibility.
2. Match the graduation cake to the occasion
When pitching ideas for graduation cakes, line up key information about the occasion. How old is the graduate? Have you completed kindergarten or a college degree? Will the cake honor a graduating class, a group of graduate friends, or the accomplishments of one person? What kind of effect do you want: formal, serious, elegant, humorous, or entertaining? How many servings do you need?
There are several ways to serve a large gathering. Multiple cakes can be placed side by side, stacked or staggered. Stacking can be symmetrical or twisted in an upside down design. Cupcakes are often served at large parties. They can be displayed on tiered cake plates, on a cupcake tree, or as part of a sculpture.
3. Have fun with themed graduation cake designs
A graduation can be celebrated with a themed party or a themed cake that reflects something about the graduate’s life. You may decide to build the party around the clothing, art, music, and food of a particular state, province, or country. Your choice may be based on past or future travel plans, a language the student has excelled in, the location of the student’s next place of study, or a favorite type of music.
Other topic ideas may flow from the student’s extracurricular activities and interests. Sports, ballet, hip hop, singing, musicianship, horseback riding, dog training, exercising, debating, or chatting on a cell phone can all be reflected in graduation cake decorations. If there is a special graduation gift, such as a car or jewelry, the cake can celebrate the exciting gift.
4. Shaped graduation cakes are all the rage
Decorations are not limited to a flat surface; the cake itself can be an object, an animal, or a person. Young ideas include a jeweled crown, a favorite cartoon character, a star, a teddy bear, or an owl dressed as a graduate. Any age in sports can enjoy a football, hockey stick, ice skates, or other symbol that represents their favorite sport.
Classic forms of graduation are a graduation diploma, a graduation cap, or both in combination. A graduation cake is particularly suitable for a student finishing high school, college, or university. However, a traditional design is not a requirement for an iconic graduate. You can still go for something funny, like a cake decorated like a high school locker, a luggage set for a world traveler, or an airliner for a graduating pilot.
5. Graduation cupcakes can be awesome
Cupcakes are often a hit, as they can be offered in various flavors with attractive and delicious designs. Placing figurines on cupcakes is an easy way to provide party favors. A classic cupcake design is the graduated top cupcake made in an upside down round shape, topped with a flat cookie and adorned with licorice strings.
6. Buy original decorations
Figurines, plaques and photo frames can enhance basic decorations or a professional’s work. Buying ornaments online or in baking craft stores will provide many ideas. For themes, embellishments make images more realistic. School symbols include books, rulers, scissors, apples, a school bus, black boards, diplomas, and mortarboards. Gown graduates figures come in many different styles and poses and are great to place on top of tall graduation cakes.
For non-school subjects such as travel, sports, movies, music, etc., there are countless toppers that can be used. Sometimes cake designers have their own inventory of decorations, but others encourage you to provide yours for a special theme.
7. Use photos
A class photo or individual photo definitely personalizes a cake. Pointed frames can be used for inserting cakes. Use a large frame for a group photo or organize a collection of individual photos. The frames come in different colors and shapes, like stars and swirls.
8. Make your order well in advance
Graduations tend to occur in the summer or near the end of the year. To avoid disappointment, plan and order ahead.
