I was so excited about this cake-it was for my son's 3rd birthday, and he was really in to pirates. It really turned out (almost) exactly how I wanted-until the ship compeletely fell apart! The ship was 2 9in round cakes cut in half-which left me with 4 half-moon cakes. I then iced them together and cut a small portion of the curved side so that it would sit upright. I carved to top to look like a ship and iced and decorated it as such. His birthday is in Sept so it is still really hot and humid at that time here in GA. I don't know if it was the heat or if it just wasn't "structurally sound" to begin with, but I was so disappointed. the base of the cake looked just fine, in fact I get compliments on that cake and I only wish people could have seen the whole thing! Philip was still so excited, and that's really all that matters.