Easy Graduation Cupcakes (Diploma Topper)
Learn how to make easy graduation cupcakes with this step by step tutorial. Mocha coffee cupcakes are topped with swirls of chocolate frosting and decorated with homemade fondant diploma toppers.
Servings: 24 Cupcakes
Calories: 281kcal
Ingredients
- 24 Mocha coffee cupcakes
- 3 cups Chocolate sour cream frosting
- 1.5 cups Marshmallow fondant White and pink
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes and allow them to cool fully.
- Prepare the icing while the cupcakes are baking and cooling.
- Fill a piping bag with frosting and attach the big star tip (Wilton tip 1M) and pipe a swirl on top of each cupcake.
- Roll out white fondant and use a square cutter to cut out a piece.
- Start rolling it from one end to the other, while gently pressing the center.
- Roll out a small thin rope of pink or red fondant. Wrap it around the center of the white diploma. Press gently so that it sticks into place.
- Use a knife to cut off excess pink fondant on the ends.
- Roll out another thin rope of pink fondant and shape it into a bow.
- Stick this bow in the center of the diploma, using very little water or corn syrup.
- Make 24 of these toppers and let them dry overnight or until they harden.
- Place a topper on top of the iced cupcakes and you are done. Enjoy.
Notes
- I used fondant to make these cupcake toppers but if you are short on time, use gum paste since that dries faster.
- For convenience, you can use store-bought fondant instead of using my homemade marshmallow fondant.
- Don't frost warm cupcakes because the icing will melt.
- Make sure the toppers dry before you put them on top of the cupcakes or else they will loose their shape.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days but the fondant toppers will get slightly sticky because of the moisture in the fridge.