So for those of you that have been waiting to see what Simon's "Pirate Cake" would look like, the day finally came to do it! Yesterday I spent the whole day working on it and it was so much fun and exciting! I was really nervous and anxious to start it! I was pleasantly surprised at my cake decorating skills and really happy with the final project! I took pictures as I went, and here they are!
So the cake was actual a 14" yellow cake, it should serve 74 people Amy so I hope your family has a large appetite for his party! I put it on cardboard cake boards covered in a blue cellophane.
The fondant was really fun to color. You basically start out with a white blob and have to knead in the color. It actually turned out the perfect color and really looked like water because it had a marbled effect in it! However, when i went to put it on the cake I found out that some of my edges weren't long enough to touch the board. I fixed it pretty easy by using the sand though.
This was actually probably my favorite part! MESSY! But so fun! I crushed up graham crackers for the sand and it turned out looking so cool!
I put frosting on top of the fondant so that it would stick to it.
You can really see the marbled effect here!
These are some of the extra pieces before I put them on. The shark fins were just made out of fondant and formed. The ship is a bunch of rice krispie treats stacked and smooshed, with the pretzel rod as the mast. The palm trees are pretzels, with green fruit slices cut in half for the leaves and chocolate covered peanuts for the coconuts!
I covered the boat with chocolate frosting and added root beer barels on it, put pretzels on the side, and used tootsie rolls as the cannons.
I really loved the shark fins, they were perfect!
So I had a little bit of a disaster with the palm trees which is why they are gone in this picture. I kept messing with them and broke them so I had to remake them. But this was after I covered the sides with the fish and seaweed and coral.
Here's a better view of the side. Everything is icing, except for the fish which are colored Swedish fish. There are also starfish on the top on the beach.
A detail that I think added a lot was the little waves around the shark fins and the boat, gave it some real dimension.
Here is the final product! This was after I gave it to Amy! The only things that aren't edible are the lego pirates, and the flag on the ship is foam. The treasure chest was a caramel with yellow frosting as the "gold".
Here you can see the ship better. There is also a gummy seahorse on the front of the ship.
Amy and me with the cake! I'm so glad she loved it so much! I loved how it turned out. It was so much fun! Thanks for letting me do it Amy! I hope that it lived up to Simon's dreams! (For those of you that don't know... he really did dream about his pirate cake... haha)
Happy Birthday Simon!
So the cake was actual a 14" yellow cake, it should serve 74 people Amy so I hope your family has a large appetite for his party! I put it on cardboard cake boards covered in a blue cellophane.
The fondant was really fun to color. You basically start out with a white blob and have to knead in the color. It actually turned out the perfect color and really looked like water because it had a marbled effect in it! However, when i went to put it on the cake I found out that some of my edges weren't long enough to touch the board. I fixed it pretty easy by using the sand though.
This was actually probably my favorite part! MESSY! But so fun! I crushed up graham crackers for the sand and it turned out looking so cool!
I put frosting on top of the fondant so that it would stick to it.
You can really see the marbled effect here! 
These are some of the extra pieces before I put them on. The shark fins were just made out of fondant and formed. The ship is a bunch of rice krispie treats stacked and smooshed, with the pretzel rod as the mast. The palm trees are pretzels, with green fruit slices cut in half for the leaves and chocolate covered peanuts for the coconuts!
I covered the boat with chocolate frosting and added root beer barels on it, put pretzels on the side, and used tootsie rolls as the cannons.
I really loved the shark fins, they were perfect!
So I had a little bit of a disaster with the palm trees which is why they are gone in this picture. I kept messing with them and broke them so I had to remake them. But this was after I covered the sides with the fish and seaweed and coral.
Here's a better view of the side. Everything is icing, except for the fish which are colored Swedish fish. There are also starfish on the top on the beach.
A detail that I think added a lot was the little waves around the shark fins and the boat, gave it some real dimension.
Here is the final product! This was after I gave it to Amy! The only things that aren't edible are the lego pirates, and the flag on the ship is foam. The treasure chest was a caramel with yellow frosting as the "gold".
Here you can see the ship better. There is also a gummy seahorse on the front of the ship.
Amy and me with the cake! I'm so glad she loved it so much! I loved how it turned out. It was so much fun! Thanks for letting me do it Amy! I hope that it lived up to Simon's dreams! (For those of you that don't know... he really did dream about his pirate cake... haha)
Happy Birthday Simon!
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OH WOW! OH WOW! OH WOW!! I'm TOTALLY impressed girl! I have been so excited to see this! I love the step by step pics. You are awesome!! SO I think I have you booked to do Ava's cake?? You're so good at it! I bet Simon loved it. Now you need to show me how...that looks like a blast :).
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