Great Homemade Graduation Cakes

If you're the one who dances to "Pomp and Circumstance," a show-stopping graduation cake is for you!

1. Honor Roll Scroll Cake:

This amazing honor roll theme cake from Wilton makes great use of fondant, an edible sugar-based clay.

The varying shades of brown fondant make the design more sophisticated and ideal for chocolate layer cakes with gourmet filling like mocha mousse!

Click here for decorating instructions.

2. Graduation Cap Cake:

Many choose a cake with a grad cap theme for this milestone occasion.

You can buy a graduation cap cake pan and make it yourself then use the pan to whip up a big grad cap sandwich.

3. Graduation "Believe and You Will Succeed" Cake (pictured):

For the student who's already on the road to success, an inspirational 2-tiered graduation cake can be made by following Wilton's decorating instructions.

Or you can learn how to stack a couple of cakes like the pros do and simply top it with a grad guy or girl figurine.