Oh my goodness! When my son Jonathan asked that I make him a Pirate Ship for his birthday cake my heart sank. I wondered how I was going to pull this off. With a little planning and some creativity his Pirate Ship Birthday Cake turned out great. For the cake I used 3 plain yellow … Read more
I made this homemade pirate ship kids birthday cake for a friend’s son’s 2nd birthday. I used a combination of ideas and techniques that I found on this site. The cake is chocolate sponge and was baked in a loaf tin then stacked up. I used 3 cakes then cut the middle section out of … Read more
My son asked for a pirate ship cake for his 3rd birthday. We went online and looked at pictures of pirate ships, and I chose one with as simple a design as possible (not so easy since pirate ships are very intricate!). I used the picture as a template. I baked a 1/2 sheet cake, … Read more
I made this Pirate Ship cake for my son Tyler for his 4th Birthday. I stacked two cakes on top of one another and started carving away. I like to use homemade marshmallow fondant because it is cheaper and tastes a whole lot better for the kids. (Recipe is one bag of marshmallows melted with … Read more
I got this idea from surfing the internet in search of a pirate cake; it was pretty simple. I used a bought cake mix and icing. Two round pans for the cake. Once baked, cut both into halves. Let cool. The pirates, boat, raft, etc. were all bought at the dollar store. All glued on … Read more
For this Pirate birthday cake, I first layered two 11″x14″ cakes with icing between. Then I iced the whole cake with white icing. The bakery in our local grocery store will sell their buttercream icing by the pound, so that is the kind of icing I use. This cake took approximately three pounds of icing. … Read more
I made this pirate cake with a chocolate cake recipe then cut it in half. I used malt-teasers and rolls for canon balls and barrels. I made a pirate out of icing. I then made an island and covered it in ‘sand’, which was coloured coconut. I added an icing palm tree and a treasure … Read more
Here is a really cool pirate cake; I went on the Internet and found some ideas on different cakes and came up with this version. For the pirate cake I used a 10-inch spring form cheesecake pan and cut it in half, wrapped it in wrap and put in freezer for a little while to … Read more
I got the idea for this pirate ship cake from this web site. The only difference is that I used Dowel instead of straws. Turned out great and had no problems with it staying together…
A friend of mine wanted to surprise her cousin (who is a serious Pirate of the Caribbean fan) with a cake of the Black Pearl. I had never made pirate ship cakes so searched this site for good ideas! I started with a 13x9x2 inch layer. I cut the cake into four sections and stacked … Read more
This pirate ship cake was actually very easy. We took 3 boxes white cake mix and put 1 1/2 into the flat cookie sheets. We made 2 of them for the base which was the water. We used little blue sprinkles for the water also. The ship was 2 9×13 choc. cakes cut to the … Read more
I made two pirate ship cakes on an 18” X 24” piece of plywood. The cake board was covered in freezer paper and that was covered with white and multi blue butter cream icing. I used the angled blade icing knife to make swells and waves and put a dinghy with a pirate looking at … Read more