I made this Pirate ship birthday cake for my youngest’s 3rd birthday.
I took two 9″ round devil’s food cakes…
… and cut them into equal halves.One of them I sliced off the top to make it flat…
…and sandwiched the layers together with buttercream frosting (you’ll need 3 x the quantity given in the devil’s food cake recipe for the whole ship). Keep the thinner layers in the centre. The rounded layers on the outside give a more rounded ship shape.
I then sliced the top off all 4 layers of cake to make a smooth base for the hull of the ship.
I rolled out half a package of ready-to-roll white icing and painted water on it using a paintbrush and green and blue food colouring.
Oh how clever! This is the sort of thing one of my nephews would love. Come to think of it, it’s the sort of thing I’d love being a massive PotC fan and an even bigger chocolate fan =)
Made this for my sons birthday. The instructions made it so easy. Did cheat a bit by using Betty Crockers Devil Food Cake Mix and her Chocolate Fudge Icing. Piccie here: http://t.co/L0rAIDOoQA.
Brilliant – particularly the step by step pictures!
Looks fabulous 🙂 Vxx