This pirate ship cake is where it all began! It is the first post that we ever posted on the site and it became a huge hit among our families. This pirate ship cake is fun, creative, and tastes even better than expected! Make this delicious chocolate cake for your next pirate birthday and you will have all the rave reviews! From baking the cake, frosting it in a few different colors, then decorating it just like a pirate ship turned out over the top amazing! It may look like it took me hours and hours to make but it is easier than you think. Get your baking hat on and let’s make this simple and easy pirate ship cake together with step-by-step instructions to guide you all the way through!
Easy Pirate Ship Cake Ingredients
Get ready to think like a pirate and create the best ship to take out on the ocean! We started out using a box cake mix for the chocolate cake and bought store-bought icing to make this even easier. This pirate cake is cut into a ship and ready to be decorated now!
Round cakes – Either make a homemade chocolate cake or use a store-bought cake box mix. I used a 9-inch round cake tin that was greased and floured before pouring the cake batter into it. Bake in the oven then set aside. Chocolate icing – Again, make this simple with store-bought icing or you can make a homemade chocolate frosting. White icing – This will blend with the blue food coloring making waves under the ship. Make homemade vanilla frosting or purchase your favorite brand of canister in the baking aisle. Blue food coloring – Liquid or gel food coloring will give the right amount of blue that is needed for the water coloring in the ocean.
What you Need to Decorate the Pirate Ship
Time to be creative and feel the pirate vibe! You will want to think of a treasure chest, treasure map, gold, and all the pirate theme decorations you can think of. Have fun and think outside of the box about what you can use and create within your own home!
Pepperidge farm pirouette cookies – These are for the cannons on the side. Cut the cookies into three sections to have six cannons total, three on each side. Hershey candy bars – Unwrap Hershey Bars and place them on top of the cake as the floor of the deck to fit. Plastic pirate figurines – You can find these at a local store or party store. Use frosting as glue to hold down the pirate’s feet in the cake. Wooden skewers – These are for the masts to hold the sails. Having them open looks like they are on the ocean with the wind hitting them. White or black paper for sails – These are easy to make with the skewers going through the poked holes of the paper. Pirate flag – Trace or print the pirate symbol onto white paper for the ownership of the pirate ship. Pirate map – We printed and burned the edges of the map to look more authentic. You can either put this under the cake on the tray or roll it up too. Gold coins – Place the gold coins around the area of the cake. Chocolate gold coins or plastic gold coins work great!
How to Make a Pirate Ship Cake Step-by-Step
To make it even more realistic, I added a tray that the pirate ship can rest on then added the treasure map and treasure chest that could easily be transported to where the party was happening. Follow these step-by-step ways to make this easy pirate ship cake quickly and easily for your next party!
Decorating the Pirate Ship Chocolate Cake
These are just some ideas to get your creative side started! Add your personal touches to the pirate cake making it your very own!
Get Creative with Your Pirate Ship Cake
Decorate your pirate ship just the way you like it! Go above and beyond or make it simple. Either way the cake is delicoius and the pirate ship is going to be an amazing display for any party!
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