Pirate ship cakes

Today is my son’s 8th birthday. He asked me to make him a birthday cake and gave me 3 conditions to fulfill. I have to make him a pirate ship cake. The cake has to be chocolate. All his classmates must go “Wow!

So my darling youngest charge, little C, had her 4th birthday last week. As you can probably guess from the picture, she is more than a little obsessed with pirates. After much teasing about her having a princess party, I finally caved and made her much requested pirate ship cake! I must admit, it turned out a lot better than I had hoped. I'm rather proud of this one! It's got a plank! This cake was actually remarkably straightforward to make. It started off its life as a simple tray bake of…

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An easy Bucky Pirate Ship cake tutorial for any little matey.

Pirate Ship Birthday Cake Vanilla pirate ship covered in chocolate buttercream. Made from 3- 6 inch layers. Two layers torted and placed...

This Pirate Ship Birthday Cake will be a HIT at your kid's next birthday party. Get all hands on deck and set your sails toward the kitchen!

So my darling youngest charge, little C, had her 4th birthday last week. As you can probably guess from the picture, she is more than a little obsessed with pirates. After much teasing about her having a princess party, I finally caved and made her much requested pirate ship cake! I must admit, it turned out a lot better than I had hoped. I'm rather proud of this one! It's got a plank! This cake was actually remarkably straightforward to make. It started off its life as a simple tray bake of…

Weeks and weeks of planning and internet research finally got me up to speed on pirate ship birthday cakes! I looked at dozens of images from quite a few sites, some even with directions to get me started. This was a labor of love for my little man, and it was a challenge - a fun challenge - but it had me doubting myself right up to the very end! Here's the play-by-play: Earlier in the week, I baked off four 9x13 marble layer cakes and froze them, but only ended up using 3. I used Duncan…