If you re looking to save money on your child s graduation consider making your own cupcakes and even graduation themed cupcake toppers.
Graduation cap cupcake toppers made from fondant.
This was my first time making my own fondant and in future i ll buy it rather than make it because it gave me a lot of problems.
Fondant decorations added more than a few hours before serving will begin to get soft and lose their shape.
For this set of graduation cupcakes i made a few special fondant graduation hat toppers full instructions below topped some cupcakes with printable toppers from the tomkat studio and dressed up a few cupcakes with simple paper diplomas.
Bend tassel over the side of the cap just a bit.
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Black fondant or gum paste.
To make your graduation cap cupcake toppers you will need the following items.
The diplomas were made by simple rolling a piece of white paper and tying with a gold ribbon.
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I used fondant you can also buy white fondant and add gel food coloring to tint it yourself however it gets messy and when tinting it a dark shade like black requires a lot of color.
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Add toppers to cupcakes right before serving up to a few hours before.
You will also need another shade of fondant for your tassel.
The most common graduation fondant cake toppers material is paper.
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