Does anyone have any instructions on making a pirate ship cake. I tried a practice one in a loaf pan and I had a hard time getting it cooked all of the way. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am making this for my sons 9th birthday on March 30.

Good question; I'd like those as well. My husband is a huge "Pirates of the Carribean" fan and I wanted to do a pirate ship cake for his b-day next month.

I have one. PM me your email address and I'll email it to you.

Found this from Family Fun magazine... Hope it helps.... there is a picture of it on the site
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_pirateship/
Pirate Ship Cake
Everyone will be screaming "Shiver me timbers!" when they see this swashbuckling cake.


2 baked 9" or 10" round cakes
3 to 4 cups chocolate icing
Decorations:
Chocolate wafer sticks (such as Pepperidge Farm Pirouette Cookies)
Milk chocolate wafer rolls (Waffeletten cookies)
Several pieces of white or off-white paper
3 10" wooden skewers
Malted milk balls
Rolo candies
Root beer barrels
Plastic pirate figures (we used Playmobil), washed thoroughly




Step 1:
Cut the cakes in half and layer them, rounded sides all facing the same direction, adding a thin coat of chocolate icing between the layers.

Step 2:
Trim the bottom curves of the cakes slightly to help them sit flat, then turn the cakes upright, as shown. (Tip: If necessary, wrap the cakes in plastic and chill in the freezer to make them firmer. Also, two drinking straws stuck through the four layers of cake will help keep them together.)

Step 3:
Cover with the chocolate icing, then create planking lines along the hull with a butter knife. Chill at least one hour to firm the icing.

Step 4:
Use dabs of icing to anchor wafer stick gunwales along the edge of the deck.

Step 5:
Press the wafer rolls into both sides of the ship for cannons.

Step 6:
Cut sails from the paper, then slip them onto the skewers and set the masts in place.

Step 7:
Add malted milk ball cannonballs, plenty of Rolo gold booty, and root beer barrels, then station a few pirates to keep watch.

Step 8:
For safety, place the candles in the cookie cannons, far from the paper sails. Also, make sure that the surface on which the cake rests is impervious to wax, as the burning candles will drip.

Here's another, the bottom one is a football pan...
http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/kid-cakes.html
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a 9x13 pan -
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/701
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take a look at my photos, I made one for Gasparilla (Pirate Fest) here in Tampa. Let me know if you like it and I'll tell you how I did it.

I also did a pirate ship but it was the one from Debbie Browns book it is in my photos pg 4

I made a pirate ship cake 2 weeks ao and I've got another one to make in 3 more weeks. Go ahead and look at my photos and see if you like the design. PM me and I'll tell you how I did it.

Ialso did the pirate ship cake from Debbie Browns book. Actually, I think it's called a sunken ship, but we did it as a pirate ship. It was easy to stack, and little time consuming to decorate.