Costco Connection

Graduation has never tasted so sweet

CAPS, GOWNS AND celebrations are in store for 2013 graduates and their families. Members will be happy to know they can commemorate this milestone with a visit to Costco’s bakery.

New this year is a six-pack of Kirkland Signature™ graduation cupcakes. The cupcakes, available in chocolate or white cake, are topped with buttercream frosting, rainbow confetti sprinkles and a decorative, white-chocolate medallion. No special ordering or refrigeration is required: These sweets are packaged and ready to go.

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For a more personalized dessert option, special-order a Kirkland Signature sheet cake. These cakes can be frosted with a custom message and school colors. Bakery employees know local graduation dates and school colors, so if you don’t have this information, just ask.

Every graduation sheet cake is topped with a Belgian chocolate graduation cap. The cake includes 2 pounds of mousse filling and more than 3 pounds of icing and decorations. One cake can serve up to 48 people, making this an economical choice for sizable celebrations.

Ordering a graduation cake is simple.

• Visit the Special Order Cake kiosk at
your local Costco bakery, and complete the
Sheet Cake Order Form.

“We take an average of 40 cake orders
per location on a typical Saturday and
increase to 250 orders on Saturdays during
graduation season,” says Melanie Silva,
Costco bakery buyer. Bakery employees
work hard during graduation season to keep
up with demand. Melanie explains, “All spe-
cial-order sheet cakes are made fresh on the
date of pickup.”
Sheet cakes require refrigeration, but
they do freeze well if you need to pick up the
cake early or save leftovers—if there are
any.—Hana Medina