I did this cake for my sons 6th birthday. I took two sheet cakes and cut them into the shape of a ship. I iced it with chocolate icing to look like wood. I then put graham cracker sticks around the edges of the cake. I used some toy pirates I found to put on … Read more
My nephew Nate had a Pirate birthday party. I searched this site for pirate cakes and then made this really simple cake. I used green icing for the land, blue for the water (I added some peaks for waves with my spatula at the last minute), I added crumbled graham cracker crumbs for the beach … Read more
I got this idea from surfing the internet in search of a pirate cake; it was pretty simple. I used a bought cake mix and icing. Two round pans for the cake. Once baked, cut both into halves. Let cool. The pirates, boat, raft, etc. were all bought at the dollar store. All glued on … Read more
For this cake, start with a round cake and cut into half. Put the two halves together with icing, ice the rest of the ships, and put into the freezer for an hour so the icing will harden. We used the computer to make the sails and placed them on skewers. Other things I used … Read more
We just had a pirate birthday party at our house and got a lot of great ideas from your websites. I know you have a lot of pirate stuff already but thought I would send our pirate ship cake idea. I didnt see anything similar. These cakes were very easy to prepare. We used two … Read more
This idea for pirate ship cakes was derived from this website and several others. First I baked the two cakes. One in a loaf glass pan and the other is a regular 13″ sheet cake pan (cut the hump off the sheet cake so it will lie flat, I also placed it on the sheet … Read more
I baked the cake and let it cool, then did a thin crumbcoat. I actually left it in the fridge overnight at this point because I did the cupcakes that night (Friday night). I only decorated the Pirate Birthday Cake on Saturday night (his party was Sunday morning). Before putting it in the fridge I … Read more
I made a treasure chest cake for my nephew’s 6th birthday. I used a square pan and cut it in half. Put one piece on top of the other. It was made from chocolate cake filled with chocolate fudge frosting. I covered it in fondant and painted it with food coloring to give it the … Read more
This was a pirate treasure chest cake for my son’s 4th birthday. It was fairly simple to make, but a little time consuming to decorate (but end result was worth it). I used 5 cake mixes to bake 4 9×13 cakes and two loaf cakes (in chocolate). I placed two leveled 9×13 cakes next to … Read more
I made this small Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my friend from work. I had made a larger one for my husband a couple of weeks before and she loved it. His was made with 3 13×9 sheet cakes so it was a lot bigger. All I did for this one was bake a 9×9 … Read more
This open faced treasure chest cake was chosen by my friend’s two boys. They were having a pirate party. To make this cake I used a traditional Chocolate Cake and a vanilla buttercream frosting. First I made three 9×4 inch rectangle cakes, and two 10×6 jelly roll pan. Then froze all cakes overnight. To make … Read more
Our cake was for a Pirates party. We got the treasure box cake idea from a magazine but I wanted to do a cake that is easy to prepare. The treasure box cake is made from a regular cake mix (we took vanilla). I used a pound cake baking pan and baked it for 45 … Read more