Take a look at these cool homemade Pirates/Skulls cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I used two round cakes and cut one in half for body and the other half I cut the hat out of it for this Pirate Birthday Cake. For the second round cake I only cut a small bit off top and used some of it for ears and nose. I used a peppermint patty … Read more
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First I baked the Pirate Cupcakes and let them cool, then did a crumb coat of thin icing. I iced them properly with chocolate frosting (store bought). I rolled out some white fondant and cut the circles with a cookie cutter. I placed a white “face” onto each cupcake and smoothed it in place next … Read more
This pirate cake was extremely easy and turned out SO cute! I modified this pirate cake from a “Golf Course” cake idea to fit my sons Pirate obsession for his 4th birthday party. One package (2-layer size) yellow or white cake mix, one cup of boiling water, one package (4-serving size) green or blue Jello, … 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
This Pirate Party Birthday Cake was a really fun cake to make as I got the older kids involved in making the items in the water such as the Croc. They had great time doing this. This was made for my sons 4th Pirate Birthday Party. The chest is made of chocolate and the cupcakes … Read more
This pirate skull birthday cake was made for a little lad of one of my husband’s colleagues, he is made about pirates. I made a rectangle cake and iced it. I then cut out a skull shape and used some molded lumps of icing underneath to shape the eyes, cheeks and mouth and place the … Read more
I made this pirate skull cake for my Godson’s 3rd birthday. They were doing a pirate them. I got a couple of ideas off the internet and combined them in to this cake. I used 2 and 1/2 8″ cakes and 2 and 1/2 6″ cakes. I made a vanilla cake from scratch and found … Read more
I made this Pirate Skull Cake for my daughter’s 7th birthday this year. The theme was pink pirate. I was able to trace a skull shape onto parchment paper from a picture I had. I also used the same picture to trace the mouth, teeth, eyes and nose. I wanted it to be all correctly … Read more
This Pirate Birthday Cake is a compilation of tons of different ideas I had, and others that I found on this site and others. I sketched everything out and ended up leaving out so many details…if this cake was made with more layers, “treasure map” detailing could be put on the sides above the waves. … Read more
My three year old wanted a pirate for his birthday. This was made using the Wilton Pirate Pan and iced with butter cream icing. Chocolate coins were placed in the middle like a treasure as well as around the edges. It was such a hit!
I created this Pirate Theme Birthday Cake using 12″, 10″ & 8″ round pans. The first layer was chocolate, the second was marble and the last was white. I usually do this to ensure all guests have what they like. I used buttercream icing to ice the entire cake and on the second layer to … Read more