My three year old grandson asked for a Pirate Island Birthday Cake. He was very pleased with and it, was a hit with all the other children at the party too. It consisted of two 8 inch square victoria sponge cakes joined together with butter icing to create the base. A small cake in a … Read more
I got some GREAT ideas from this site and tweaked a few things to make our pirate birthday work! I used a basic butter cake recipe baked in a 9×13 pan tinted cream cheese icing (my sons favorite!) blue for the ocean and crushed graham crackers and brown sugar over the plain icing for the … Read more
I love kid’s birthday parties – although during the few days before the event I vow never to overcomplicate them again – but (sigh) I always end up making them more and more elaborate! For his birthday this year my son decided on a pirate themed party which of course required pirate cakes. Naturally at … Read more
I made this Pirate cake for my son, Logan s, 4th birthday. He wanted a pirate birthday so I hopped online knowing I would find the best pirate cakes on www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com. My husband made the sails and flags and taped them to 10″ skewers. I searched every store in town for pirate figures with no … Read more
I first got this pirate birthday cake idea from the internet and actually some pictures from this site. One of the instructions I found for making a pirate ship said that people had trouble getting the cake to stay upright and together so it recommended using a little less water (1-1/4cups instead of 1-1/3 cups) … Read more
TIP – Set aside a little of the chocolate and vanilla frosting to mix together for another color. Mix vanilla frosting with blue food coloring to a nice “ocean blue”. Spread on base of pirate ship cake. TIP – Save a little to pipe “waves” around base of the ship after placing it on your … Read more
This pirate ship cake is based on the Veggietales song/ film “The pirates who don’t do anything”. As with all my cakes, it wasn’t a child’s birthday- this was for a friends 20th! The ship was a large rectangular chocolate cake. Each end had its corners cut off to shape it, and these bits of … Read more
My son had a Pirate fancy dress party for his 2nd birthday. I had already made him a ship on his actual birthday. So wanted something different, that would still fit in with the theme. I had decided on a Pirate Treasure Island Birthday Cake for a while. And literally the night before making the … Read more
My son, turning 4, was obsessed with Pirates. When he told me he wanted a pirate birthday party, I knew I would have to plan big or just buy the cake from a professional. Our parties usually have about 40 people at them, so I had to feed a lot of people too. I came … Read more
First time I’ve ever tried a shaped cake and it didn’t turn out half bad, actually. I used two loaf pans as it didn’t need to serve many people. The pirate ship cake is chocolate marbled pound cake with peanut butter buttercream icing on top, and chocolate buttercream on the sides. I put the bottom … Read more
This cake is the cake I made for my Grandson Brenden’s 3rd Birthday. Brenden was REALLY into pirates so he requested a pirate ship birthday cake. I first covered a large cake board, 18 1/2 x 26 with old world maps that showed where the treasures could be found. I then baked 48 cupcakes, half … Read more
I made this Pirate Cake with Treasure Island for my son’s 4th birthday and we are now worried about how we will ever be able to top it. The island is 3 layers. The bottom layer is a 1/2 sheet cake and then 2 bread loaf cakes. I stacked the 2 bread pans at an … Read more