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Coolest 3 Tier Pirate Cake

March 3, 2019November 23, 2015 by Marcia H.

Who doesn’t love pirates! This pirate cake was such a fun cake to make. It was 3 tiers of cake topped off with a chocolate pirate skull.

Pirate Cake Instructions

The bottom two tiers I ruffled with different shades of white and blue fondant to give it the appearance of waves.
The top tier was part of the ship.
The tentacles were also made from 50/50 fondant/gum paste mix and a little Tylose powder to help stiffen it faster.
The ship I hand cut from fondant and added it to the waves, tilted to make it look like the ship was being dragged down by the tentacles.
The sails on the ship were cut from rice paper.
The sand was a mixture of brown sugar and crushed cookies.
The pirate was made from melted chocolate and dusted with edible dusting powder to make it look a little dirty. And of course he needed a gold tooth which I painted with edible gold paint.
My favorite part of this cake was the cannons. I placed candles inside each of them for the birthday boy to light up.

Everything on the cake was edible except the candles and the treasure coins. They were a little party favor to hand out to the guests.

My favorite part of creating cakes is learning new techniques with each cake and the smile it brings to someone’s face.