Ever since my sons second Birthday, he stopped wanting “ordinary” Birthday kid cakes. Each of his kid cakes has to be cool and unique. This year for his 9th, we did the Pirate theme. I baked a Shipwreck Island cake complete with a spooky island and waterfall and even a wrecked ship with pirates looking … Read more
This is my pirate ship cake! The sails and flag I made on the computer. The barrels and sharks are candy. The posts and ropes are royal icing.
I got the great idea for this pirate cake from this website. I changed it a little because I needed a bigger pirate cake. This pirate cake was 5 round cakes and 1 square for the island. 4 rounds cut in half then slice off the bottoms just enough to make them stand. Then 1/2 … Read more
The Pirate ship cake itself was a 16″ chocolate cake cut to the shape of a ship. It was covered with dark chocolate frosting and homemade chocolate fondant. I filled it with fresh cream and strawberry jam. The theme of the Birthday Party was “pirates” so everything “piratey” I could think of was incorporated on … Read more
I made this cake for my sons sixth birthday party we had at the bowling alley. It was a fun cake the kids wanted to play with. My son Kyle is a big fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean so this cake idea was perfect. I have been able to make his birthday cake … Read more
This Treasure Map Birthday Cake was my first attempt at decorating a birthday cake. I have always made cakes and muffins but never done more than ice and put on sprinkles. I was making this cake for my husband’s birthday and had looked on the internet for some inspiration and ideas. I came across this … Read more
I layered two ten inch round cakes for the bottom tier and two six inch round cakes for the top of this Pirate Birthday Cake. I covered the two tiers with white fondant and then made red and brown fondant for the balls around the top and bottom tiers and cut out strips and laid … Read more
This pirate party cake was for my Son Sams 4th birthday. We had the party at a park that the playground area was a pirate ship so we thought we would make it a pirate themed party. The cake was Duncan Hines (is there any other?) yellow cake and was baked in a Wilton stand … Read more
This treasure chest cake was for my son’s 3rd birthday party which was a pirate theme. I had decided to make a treasure chest cake and had pretty much figured out how to “engineer it” when I came across this site and saw that others had attempted the same thing and it worked! (Thanks for … Read more
For our Treasure Chest cake we started out with a cake baked in a small bread/loaf pan and cut it in half diagonally through the center from the top corner down the opposite bottom corner. We then re-matched up the cake putting the small ends together and the large ends together to get the half … Read more
My daughter liked the Pirates of the Caribbean and wanted a Pirate theme for her 5th birthday. I created this pirate treasure chest cake based on some other pictures I had seen on the internet. I was able to find the chocolate coins for decoration at Walgreens and at the bulk bin section of a … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest Birthday Cake Idea for nephew’s 7th Birthday Pirate Themed Party. I was actually looking for treasure chest ideas and came upon this website. I love baking and decorating cakes. But I’m just barely starting to learn and try new things. I saw pictures of a few treasure chest cakes and … Read more