Take a look at these cool homemade Boats and Ships 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!
My Mother-In-Law made this awesome cake for my sons 1st Birthday Sailboat Party and I am submitting these cake pictures.This is an idea that was modified from the Creative Cooks cookbook. She used a knife to cut the cake in the shape of a boat after it was baked, placed it on a cardboard sheet … Read more
My daddy turns 74 last month. I wanted to give him a surprise birthday day, not just a plain ordinary cake, I wanted to make one cute and wonderful cake for him. Then, I got this idea for a boat cake: a wide cake with sailboat on it. My daddy used to be a sailor, … Read more
My son who is turning three requested a Yellow Submarine party. What a challenge! (We are coaching him so that he will request a more traditional theme for #4.) For the Yellow Submarine & Jello cake, I baked a triple batch of white cake (easier to frost with a light color) in a HUGE round … Read more
I enjoy making homemade cakes for my children, nephew, neighbors, friends etc. I have made several character cakes and last year a tank cake for my son’s 6th. This year, my nephew challenged me by requesting a Homemade Sinking Titanic Cake, when it was sinking! As I stood there expressionless in front of him, I … Read more
I baked a circle cake, cut in half then stood them on their sides and put some rods in the center to hold them together. Worked pretty well, I was just making it up as I went along. The sail of the boat cake was just paper and the boat was chocolate cake with orange … Read more
I made this boat cake for my husband’s birthday. He really enjoys boating and I enjoy laying around in the sun, plus I wanted to make something unique looking. This cake design requires normal cake pans( 9×13& small square or round pan) and one small Pyrex bowl. You will need 2 cake mixes , 1 … Read more
I used two long loaf tins to make a chocolate sandwich cake and created the hull by cutting two corners off to create a point. The first cake was the base and the second was used for the raised decking. I then iced the sailing ship cake as normal. I used mint matchsticks to create … Read more
This ship cake was made by me (July 09) for my mum’s family celebration. 50 years ago (1959) my mum and her family made the voyage from England to Australia to live. They came out here on a boat called the Fairsky, so using pictures of the Fairsky ship I made a cake that looked … Read more
I made this Homemade Sailing Ship Birthday Cake for my grandson Miller, for his 9th birthday. The cake was made in a loaf tin, split and filled with jam and white chocolate buttercream, and crumb coated in vanilla buttercream, then fondant iced. I modeled the boy and birds in sugarpaste, also the sail. The mast … Read more
I made this ski boat cake out of a half sheet cake, cut it in half, glued it together with butter cream frosting and then shaped it. I used fondant pieces to make the boat details. The figurines were made out of dolls and arms reglued into the position they needed to be. Strings were … Read more