This Homemade Pirate Ship Birthday Cake I made for my son’s 3rd birthday. I first cut the cake into 5 pieces, then I arranged them to create a ‘ship’ shape. I then frosted the cake all over and in between the slices. For the frosting butter cream I used a drop of milk icing and … Read more
I showed my son several of the cakes on this site and, of course, he chose the ship. As a totally inexperienced cake decorator the thought was a bit terrifying, but seeing the pictures and instructions here proved hugely helpful. Because I wasn’t sure how to make two halves of a round cake stand up, … Read more
The pirate birthday island cake came from ideas from your site. A big thanks to Cami F. and her pirate birthday island cake for inspiring me. I used crushed graham crackers for the sand instead of brown sugar and just used a few pirates, coins and some sharks to decorate. I made the trees using … Read more
After looking at all the pirate cakes on this site, inspiration came from the $1 aisle at Target. I bought the pirate ship raft rowboat and all the little guys for $3 and took it from there. The treasure chest candle I got at the party store and “buried” it by digging out some of … Read more
For this pirate cake I got most of my ideas from this website, I used a 13×9 pan for the water and then a large loaf pan for the ship. The only problem I had was the candy kept falling off. John loved his pirate cake and that is all that really matters!! Thank you … Read more
For this pirate birthday cake I started with two 9×13 cakes and a Styrofoam template covered with foil. Frosting is chocolate caramel and white with blue food coloring for water. Railing is made of pretzels. Masts are three large candles for 3rd birthday. Sails are paper. Crows nest is an ice cream cone. Steering wheel … Read more
I made this cake for my sons eighth birthday. I used four cake mixes made into four 8in. rounds, one 9×13 cake and cupcakes. I froze all the cakes overnight then cut the 9×13 cake in thirds and the rounds in half. I used two of round halves for the front, two of the round … Read more
I made this Pirate Birthday Cake for one of my daycare kids. She picked out the design from looking at cakes on the internet. She was having a pink pirate party. I made one large and one small round and stacked them. The stripes were made with fruit by the foot.
I made this Pirate Birthday Cake for a customer. She said the theme was Pirates and left the rest up to me. The cake is Half Chocolate cake and half white cake. I used a box cake mix and added a few secret ingredients to make it taste almost homemade. I just used a butter … Read more
I used three boxes of cake mix for this treasure chest cake; one for lid, and one for each of the two layers on the bottom. (I used pans that were about 14×10.5 for each of the three layers.) I used a very thick chocolate buttercream icing. On the lid, I put a LOT of … Read more
I made this treasure chest birthday cake for a boy who attends the kindergarden where I work. It is just a rich chocolate cake covered in organic chocolate buttercream then white chocolate flavoured fondant. I tinted the fondant light brown to start with then rolled it to the size I needed. I then marked the … Read more
My daughter requested a pink treasure chest birthday cake for her birthday. I used an 11 x 15 cake pan and 2 batches of batter. After the cake had cooled, I cut the cake in half and frosted/stacked it. The lid was molded rice crispie treats covered in tinted butter cream frosting. I was determined … Read more