Pirate cakes for kids

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…

I made this cake for Slade’s 1st birthday and his Mum didn’t want anything too scary so no skull and cross bones on this cake. It was fun to make the cake and like many of my cakes I di…

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