Overview

The purpose of this blog is to inspire people to create. I'm a Pinterest addict, there isn't a day that goes by that I'm not searching for my next project. There are so many talented people out there posting awesome creations that I thought I could join in the inspiration and help others be distinctively creative.A little history on myself: I ran a home based craft business for about 6 years. At the time I sold my products to almost every US state, and countries like Japan and Iceland. One of my designs "Tulips in Spring" was published in the "Let's Paint Magazine" by Decoart and is still available online. I have taught adult education classes at several of my surrounding community colleges and high schools. I was a Girl Scout Leader for 13 years and love coming up with different weekly crafts/swaps. Currently a couple times a year I get my "craft fix" by supplying a craft at girls night/weekend, but now I would like to share my distinctive creations with you.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Marjie's Graduation Cake


Marjie created a drawing of what she wanted on her cake months before her graduation party.

I baked one White Almond Sour Cream Wedding cake exactly like the recipe and another one using the same recipe except using a chocolate cake mix instead of the white, then we alternated the layers so that each cake had a layer of chocolate and white.
We crumb coated each cake using white buttercream frosting shown below:
Then each cake was covered with white Fondant

We colored the remaining fondant Blue (High School Color) and Green (College Color) and cut out letters and circles to decorate cake. Yes my kitchen table was a mess - I'm not a neat baker!!


We used a paint brush and brushed on corn syrup on the back of each shape and letter to stick onto the cake.

Marjie used a red food color marker to add softball threads to cake topper.

The cake topper is made out of cake wrapped in yellow fondant and then topped with a blue graduation cap. The tassel was created by pressing fondant through a pasta maker, half white and half blue to look like the real one.
The diploma sitting next to the ball is also made from rolled fondant




There is a Bat and Home Plate placed between the layers and little balls of fondant are placed around each cake bottom.
Ta-Da!! The completed cake - not bad for our first multi-layer cake!!

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