I believe that the best graduation parties are ones where everything is perfect and people have a great time. Therefore, with my experience as both a baker and a party planner, I have found the best extra touches which make the celebrations times to remember.
I can promise that these are the things that my guests will never forget. Well, guys, today is my lucky day, and I am happy to present my favorite very easy and at the time beautiful graduation cupcake decorating which you can absolutely do.
Whether it’s high school graduation, college commencement or an academic achievement, these cupcake ideas will give you the fun and uniqueness that will make your guests only see you.
1. Classic Graduation Cap Toppers Cupcake
A DIY graduation cap can be made by sticking a small choc square and a thread of licorice on top of a nicely piped balloon of buttercream.
With a dark chocolate square on top of a buttercream swirl, carefully prompting one down, and a licorice string, you give the image of a graduation cap. Hats off to the manufacturers for coming up with these ingenious little things; they are exactly the mood boosters you need.
2. Diploma Roll Design Cupcake
The rite of passage to becoming a professional, or rather to growing-up, is a diploma. To create them I cut small peices of white rolled fondant and roll them in the form of a scroll then tie a thin red or blue ribbon on them.
When stand on top vanilla buttercream these edible datas will not have far settings because they will look like real ones giving that lovely feeling of a graduation ceremony.
3. Class Ring Sparkle Cupcake
This was the most spectacular and impossible to ignore Christmas lights effect which bestows a floor of edging to the line of the provided smooth frosting. To perfect the beautification of the top layer, I use the frosting as a base and sprinkle it with metals and gold dust to form a ring. Candy is the new class ring.
Whether it is a class ring or a piece of a class ring which is a regular sized class ring, the top of the cupcake shines not only with delicious taste but with glitter which gives the impression of a more esteemed class ring.
4. School Colors Swirl Cupcake
Hi! School spirit is indicated here! I make excellence beautiful by joining two frosting colors in a piping bag to create the cloudlike effects in the color of your school.
The trick is to lay gradients of your chosen colors next to each other before squeezing them out of the pastry bag – the outcome will be a splendid bi-colored swirl that captures the spirit of your school.
5. Number Design Cupcake
It’s really cool to celebrate the graduation year not only because it’s meaningful, but also because it looks so great. I usually do the graduation year with metallic frosting to pipe it or put the numbers made of fondant on the top of each cupcake.
Now, if these cupcakes are put together, the result will be the full graduation year, therefore, you could easily take a photo next to them — an amazing dessert display all the same.
6. Achievement Medals Cupcake
Probably one of the most creative things I have ever done is to take cues from the academic medals and mold small medallions with fondant topped with a little gold or silver dust.
Texture and the overall feel are the best parts of the design. These would be a nice tribute for high academic achievers or magna cum laude recipients.
7. Book Stack Effect Cupcake
My other but more creative method comprises the display of thin rectangular shapes of fondant painted with edible food colors thus imitating mini book stacks.
I am always meticulous with these and I even add some book titles or the year of graduation on the books to make them more personalized and set them apart even more. These are in particular afavorite among those pursuing literature or the bibliophiles!
8. Custom Message Toppers Cupcake
By means of letter stamps or piping technics, I insert short congratulatory messages on the circles of the fondant.
The cupcakes could be personalized by the use of short congratulation messages like “Congrats,” “Class of 2025,” or even the name of the graduate. The most important thing here is to express your feelings in a few words.
9. Academic Subject Symbols Cupcake
As a deviation from the usual style, I bring in the use of the symbols signifying different majors.
Thus, I add things like microscopes for science, musical notes for music majors, and paint fillets for those who have graduated as artists. Such unique features make each cupcake carry a message that tells the story of the graduate’s journey.
10. Tassel Swirl Design Cupcake
I’ve realized that mimicking a tassel of giving a graduating person a mound of edible frosting is very easy!
By using a piping tip that is specially designed, I give the sides of the cupcake a touch of strings of frosting draping down, thus simulating the movement of the graduation tassel. Furthermore, the effect of the edible glitter on the top finishes the entire picture.
11. Honor Cords Cupcake
Modeled on honors graduates, I use thin strips of fondant in various colors to create pretending cords. Not suprisingly, these items among others collectively take the beauty to a higher level especially the cupcakes beauty when they are decorated using these small figures.
12. Photo Finish Cupcake
Most of the time, I am asked to prepare these types of designs by the customers. I print full-color images of the graduate on these edible rice paper sheets. Every picture is situated in the middle of a smooth, nicely iced cupcake and these custom ones are the most definitely the short-cut to becoming instant talk-of-the-conversation treats.
13. Mortarboard Messages Cupcake
For each cupcake, a graduation cap element might be used combined with ‘techy’ fondant mortarboards with a special message or perhaps the student’s monogrammed initials. I’m continually amazed at the power of even the tiniest personal touch to make each cupcake feel like it was made specially for the particular occasion.
14. Achievement Stripes Cupcake
I put diagonal stripes in school colors on the cupcake tops inspired by the designs of a graduation stole. This simple, elegant model can be used for any graduate’s level of study and color combinations can be changed to the desired ones.
Conclusion
Out of the numerous graduation cupcake designs I have experimented with, I have come to the realization that by adding more simplicity, my cupcakes looked impressive and unique.
These 14 easy-to-learn cupcake decorating ideas do not only provide you with enough room for showing your skill but also make the graduation party different from the crowd on different occasions.
The options are countless whether you go for a traditional graduation cap or you find that the book stack theme is much more suited to your preferences, the cupcake topper will assist in promoting the excited memories of the achievement. It will be etched with your love and pride, which are the essence of these treats, into the depths of your graduate’s memory for a lifetime.
