Graduations are a celebration of one of the most important accomplishments in a person's life. They are the culmination of four years, and sometimes longer, of hard work and dedication. Students spend so much time looking forward to that special moment when they get to walk across the stage in front of their classmates, teachers, families, and friends to receive their diploma.
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The class of 2020 got the short end of the stick this year, and for the most part, graduation ceremonies around the country and the world have been canceled indefinitely due to the global health crisis we are facing. That doesn't mean that their success and accomplishments shouldn't be celebrated. The graduates still deserve as much love and admiration as they would normally have on their big day, and one of the best ways to do so is by getting them a sweet cake that is memorable, gorgeous, delicious, and, most important of all, photogenic. Scroll through to see the most beautiful graduation cakes to use as inspiration for your loved ones' virtual graduations.
This three-tiered cake is massive!
You can go all out when it comes to graduation cakes, especially when you are saving on the cost of an actual party with hundreds of guests. This three-tiered cake might seem a little over the top for most, but we love it. It seems like just enough.
School logos are a great idea.
School pride is important for a lot of students! Whether they are celebrating a high school or university, adding their school logo to the cake is such a great idea. For high school seniors, adding the logo of the college they plan to attend in the fall is also a sweet touch.
This toilet paper is timely.
This cake would make absolutely no sense a year ago, but the class of 2020 is unlike any other. The toilet paper symbolizes the shortage of paper goods that is happening across the country due to the stay-at-home orders, and it has become an accurate representation of what their last few months of school have shaped up to be.
High school graduations are a big deal.
High school students are dealing with no senior dances, no senior weeks, no proms, and no graduations. That is tough! One way to soften the blow is to give them a super-cute cake that shows a love for their school on it so they can look back at the memories they made before all of this.
This rose gold cake is everything.
A girly girl would totally love this rose gold cake as her graduation treat. We love the pink, and the macaroons on the top of the cake add such a special, elegant, and sweet touch.
Not everyone is going to want a super-over-the-top cake.
Not everyone graduating wants a loud and wild celebration. For some of the more serious and subtle students, this cake is adult-friendly and classy. It still gets the point accross without being too loud or childish.
This one is perfect for a student with a sense of humor.
OK, this cake definitely got a laugh out of us. For those of us who had the chance to walk during graduation, we can all agree on the grad cap being extra annoying. But this cake captures the essence of that, using icing to symbolize the student's hair perfectly, and we love this level of creativity.
This cake is great for those entering the medical field.
Now more than ever, medical workers deserve to be celebrated, validated, and respected. Treat those in your life who are about to enter the workforce to something delicious that shows your appreciation for them and all the effort they have put into their long years in medical school.
They can be more subtle.
Not every graduation cake has to have a diploma on it or a graduation cap. They can be more simple and to the point, while still being delicious. This one was made for a nurse, and it simply says, "Paging Nurse Lauren" as decor. So cute!
Close the book on a job well done.
A graduation cake in the shape of a book has been done before, but it still works every time! This is a celebration of finally putting the books down and getting to work in the field of your choice, and that is what these cakes represent. We love it!
This one is so cute.
The writer in your life will love you for a cake like this one! This student graduated in something related to creative writing, and their loved ones made sure to get a cake that was shaped like a book, and that is the cutest thing ever!
Law school is hard.
Lawyers take pride in what they do because they spent many years preparing to work in their field. After three years of law school, the graduate will definitely appreciate a cake that is symbolic of their chosen profession. And this one is a real beauty.
For the teacher in your life.
You can never do too much for a teacher. Their jobs are exhausting and often for not enough pay! This perfectly detailed and gorgeous cake shows the brighter side of life as a teacher, but we're sure they will love it.
Teachers deserve to be celebrated.
Teachers are really the backbone of our society. Now that parents have spent months homeschooling their kids after their schools closed, our appreciation for what teachers do should be stronger than ever. Give the ones in your life a cake that fully shows that they are special.
Nursing school is also rough.
The nurses in your life deserve to be appreciated more than ever. They went through a lot of stress and hard work during their years in nursing school, and they are about to enter the field during a tricky time, so this cake fully shows how much their accomplishments are deserving of a celebration.
This three-tiered nursing cake is everything.
If going above and beyond is your style, then this cake is for you. Three layers of cake decorated with a stethoscope, medication, and a nursing hat is just so cute and takes real talent to make, so props to the baker.
We love the detail in this med school cake.
The white coat with the new doctor's name on it, the pearls, the stethoscope draped around the neck, the colors—we love this cake! Anyone who just went through multiple years of medical school will surely apprecaite it.
Adding a shout-out to their school is a good move.
Getting into a private Ivy League school like the University of Pennsylvania and graduating with a degree from the school is no easy feat, and it is definitely worth a major celebration. People take major pride in where they graduated from, so it makes sense to integrate that into their cake.
This preschool graduation cake is so cute.
All graduations matter, big or small. It is a sad time for a lot of families who aren't able to see their little ones and their classmates graduate from preschool or kindergarten, but the kids still deserve a cute celebration, and a cake like this one might help fill the void of an actual ceremony.
Quirky and fun cakes are cute, too!
For the fun-loving graduate in your life, you can try something different. Whimsical and quirky cakes like this one are also adorable, and not only do they photograph well, they also look so delicious!
