Pirate Ship Cake
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Pirate Ship Cake
Description
The Pirate Ship Cake transforms layered round cakes into a festive dessert styled like a pirate ship. Three cake halves are stacked with chocolate icing between and frosted overall, with the bottom trimmed at an angle to create a raised front resembling a ship’s bow. The deck is enhanced with Hershey bars laid around the vertical skewers that serve as masts. White icing with blue food coloring and a star-tip border offers texture along the sides and deck edges.
Decorative elements such as Pirouette cookies, plastic pirate figures, and paper sails attached to wooden skewers complete the ship aesthetic. Optional pirate maps and gold coins can be arranged as additional props. This cake’s construction combines both frosting and non-edible decorations to achieve an imaginative presentation that is suitable for themed celebrations or children’s parties.
While visually elaborate, the recipe breaks down into manageable steps beginning with baking, layering, freezing to set, shaping, and decorating. The cake remains edible and serves multiple slices, making it both an eye-catching centerpiece and dessert.
Ingredients
- 2 (9 inch) cake prepared and baked, round shape
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate icing
- 2 cups Icing white
- Blue Food coloring
Decorations:
- 3 Pirouette Cookies brand Pepperidge Farm
- 4 Hershey candy bars
- plastic pirate figurines
- 3 (10 inch) wooden skewers
- white or black paper for sails
- pirate flag (you can find one online and print it)
- pirate map (optional)
- gold coins (optional)
Instructions
- Cut the cakes in half. You will have 4 semi-circles, but you will only use 3 for the cake. Set 4th aside for extra cake slices.
- Put frosting on each half and layer them. Wrap in plastic and freeze for 1 hour.
- Remove cakes from freezer. Trim off about an inch of the most rounded part of the cake on an angle (the bottom of the ship) so the front of the ship is higher than the back of the ship. Turn the cakes upright, as shown.
- Optional: place cake on a cookie sheet or board covered by a Pirate map.
- Frost the deck of the ship or top of the cake with a light layer of frosting. Place the skewers (masts) on the cake.
- Unwrap Hershey Bars and place them on top of the cake (around the masts) as the floor of the deck to fit.
- Frost the sides of the cake in one of two ways - you can simply spread frosting on the cake or use a star tip. Use a star tip to put a top border around the top of the cake (ship deck).
- Cut 7 sails (3 inch by 5 inch) from the paper, then slip them onto the skewers (masts) and pinch them so it looks like they are billowing in the wind.
- For the cannons, cut 2 Pepperidge Farm Pirouette Cookies into three equal sections (so you have 6 cannons). Place a candle in the center of each cookie so the wick end is sticking out about a half an inch. Push three cannons into each side of the cake.
- Make sure that the surface on which the cake rests is impervious to wax, as the burning candles will drip.
- Add yarn for the rope around the masts.
- For the front bow part (the pole) use a full Pirouette cookie or a pretzel stick. Tie a rope, using jute or yarn, from the end of the cookie to the top of the mast.
- Marble blue food coloring into white icing, making it look like water. Pipe it on with a star tip, like waves, along the bottom of the boat.
- Place pirate figurines on deck with a little frosting under their feet so they will stick to the deck. Place gold coins around the cake (optional).
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 416 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 416kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 71g | 24% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 400mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 186mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 48g | 96% |
| Calcium | 106mg | 11% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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