My son likes to believe that he is a pirate. At his 3dr birthday I baked him a very nice Pirate Ship Birthday Cake. 1- 1 x 11” round shape cake 2- cut the cake in half (half moon) 3- Put both half moon side by side with some icing sugar (to stick), standing up … Read more
This homemade pirate ship cake was made with a 9×13 Pyrex, which served as the body of water and the island. The pirate ship was cut from a cake baked in 1 loaf pan. I cut the middle out and placed this piece on the back of the ship to elevate it a bit. Then, … Read more
My son wanted a pirate ship cake for his fifth birthday. I decided to go all out! Here are the details of this Pirate Ship Cake Design: -Large loaf pan for ship (carved to shape) -Small loaf pan for rear of ship -Oreo sipper cookies for masts -Butter cream icing -Teddy Graham cookies for pirates … Read more
I made this pirate ship cake to look like Bucky from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. I started by baking 2 9×13 cakes and stacked them. Then for the stern, I baked 4 loaf cakes and stacked them, putting plastic dowels in every 2 layers to hold the weight. The steps up to the bow … Read more
I designed the cake by searching “treasure maps” on the internet and looking for the style with other pirate cakes. The island names were inspired by a set of small pirate candles found at the local party store (as was the larger treasure chest candle). I used a chocolate sheet cake and canned frosting for … Read more
I got my idea for this Pirate birthday cake, here, on this website, but since I have twins, I always make a cake for each of them, as well as one for the guests, so I decided to make them each a “treasure island” cake (this was my own idea), to go along with the … Read more
Believe it or not, here are our first pirate cakes (Ship and Island)! A joint effort. I got so carried away with making the cake I forgot to take stage by stage pictures but Ill try to explain best I can. Ships ‘planking’ made from brown colored fondant icing (when coloring the white icing I … Read more
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By exploring your theme-site I was able to create my own version of a pirate birthday cake for the party. I love creating cakes and themes for my son’s birthday. I usually take a lot of time in decorating the cakes and making them from scratch. But this year I simplified the task by simply … Read more
I made this pirate ship for my sons third birthday. I wanted to make something different to the usual pirate ship cakes so this is what I made. I baked a round sponge cake and cut it in two in the middle. I cut a bit in the center of the lower half to make … Read more
These Pirate Cupcakes are a first attempt at royal icing cupcakes for a friend’s daughters birthday party. I made 30 cupcakes. I tried my best to level them all and then added ganache. Once that had set I started working on the royal icing. It was a fair amount of work but they were a … Read more
This was my first attempt at a cake with fondant and not knowing a lot about it, I didn’t want to risk the entire pirate kids cake on just one element. I frosted the whole thing with a buttercream crumb coat and let that sit. Then I frosted the entire thing again with buttercream. I … Read more