I made this Pirate Ship Cake Design for my nephew’s 4th birthday. I used the fantastic ideas from this site to create this pirate ship cake, so thanks for the tips! First I baked a 9×13 cake, an 8 inch round cake and an 8 inch square cake (a total of 2 cake mixes). I … Read more
I made this Pirate Ship Birthday Cake for my son’s third birthday, with a pirate theme. For this cake I made two square cakes in square pans and positioned them on top of each other with frosting (buttercream). I then piped brown frosting around the edges, and smoothed in onto the top. I used Oreo … Read more
I started with a rectangular cake. I printed the image off on the computer, and placed it on to the cake. I carved around the paper to shape the cake. Then, I iced the Shrek cake using butter cream icing.
My grandson is all into pirates so when my daughter asked for a “private” cake for his birthday I knew I was in for a real task. After looking at a few of the other pirate cakes on this website I was able to begin my creation. With a few simple props and a little … Read more
I started with a sheet cake and iced it blue for the water. Waves were made with a knife. The ship is an 8in round cake cut in half and iced together. I shaped one end of the ship to a point and cut off the bottom slightly so it would sit up. I also … Read more
For this pirate birthday cake, I used a roasting pan with 2 cake mixes for the ship then cut the front out and used that for the top where Jack Sparrow stands. Frost and run a knife across for the shipboard effect. Use wafers for the rails, Rolos for the barrels on top, cannons on … Read more
I made this pirate ship cake for my 10 year olds birthday party. I actually got the idea from this website so thank you all that posted your pictures. These pictures were taken with a camera phone so I am sorry they are not the best. I just took a 9×13 pan and baked two … Read more
My grandson wanted a pirate ship birthday cake for his 8th birthday. Although Ive never done cakes before, I’m retired so I had the time to take on the project. I researched the internet and found a lot of different pirate ship cakes. After looking at a lot of different cakes I put together my … 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 a 9×13 cake from a cake mix for this treasure chest cake. I wanted the lightness of box cake because I was worried about the weight of the cake. I cut the 9×13 into unequal thirds with the top being one third and the bottom ends being the same size as the top … Read more
I wanted a unique treasure chest cake for my daughter’s Pirate birthday party but wanted everything to edible without fondant covering. I started out with 11x15x3 inch rectangle pan, baking 3 layers, (3 cake mixes) strawberry, (3) vanilla, and then for the top I used (2) chocolate, so it wasn’t the full 3″. I wanted … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest Cake for my son’s 3rd party inspired by other cakes on this site. I used three layers of chocolate sponge – using a Bero recipe that uses evaporated milk which makes a really nice rich cake. Also the Bero recipe for milk chocolate icing that uses melted butter, milk, vanilla … Read more