Pirate Cake Ideas
 

(Idea from Lorraine from Canada):  I made two cakes for his party. One was a pirate hat (bake two 9inch round cakes, cut them in half width wise and then lengthwise, so you end up with 8 half moon shapes. Ice four of the half moons together and put them round side up. Take the remaining 4 halves and ice two sets together. Then cut out a rectangle out of each one. These go on either side of the half moon, short side facing the front (make sure they are the same depth as the round cakes), then take a serrated knife and cut the round cake sides to resemble a mantle clock (I hope you know what I mean!). Ice the whole cake with black icing (wilton's black icing color works best, it looks grey at first, but it does darken to black after a bit). Then take yellow icing and use your star tip and make a border all around the top rim of the cake (about a inch down). I then used the small circle tip and white icing and outlined a skull and cross bones on the front of the hat. And then used a bigger circle tip and filled it in, and finally I had a big white feather and I put it in the cake, off to one side.) The second cake was a pirate ship. I baked one large rectangle cake, and two round cakes. Stack the round cakes on top of each other then cut width wise in half (actually make it off center a couple of inches) then on the rounded end cut some of so that it can stand up on its own. Use chocolate icing to stick all these layers together, then place this on the rectangle cake (small end down), this is the ship. I then scooped out the front part, a couple of inches down, to make the deck of the ship with cake railings. This was all iced in chocolate icing I used a knife to draw wooden planks on the outside of the ship. The rectangle cake was iced in blue. You can shape the icing to look like small waves. I took white icing and used my star tip to make white waves along the front and sides of the ship (in a sideways ? mark shape). I put small plastic pirate figures, cannon and treasure chest on top of the ship (was a set at the dollar store), and I made a larger version of the sails and Jolly Roger flag and stuck this into the top of the cake. I must admit it turned out rather good! There was a lucky napkin and lucky ship (x marks the spot!). For which a plastic pirate figure set was given.

Make a rectangular cake decorated with wavy blue butter cream frosting. Make an island out of an upside down muffin cake, decorate green to make an island. Decorate with Playmobil pirate toys.

You can sheet the cake, frost with chocolate frosting. Use frosting tube or other to make a skull and cross bones on front. Put a frosting eye patch and bandana on the skull. Edge the cake with a design. Use fish on sides. Colorful small candies as jewels around. Could also find rectangular snack cakes, cut tops to hinge like a chest and fill with candies. Set these at corners of cake.