I posted pictures of the Pirate Ship cake on my blog

[JudoMom]

for anyone who was interested. It includes both the shipwreck (although I never did set it on fire, much to my oldest's disappointment) and the final cake.

[Rich with Kids]

Judomom! You are so good at the cake thing! I'm glad it ended well.:)

[shell in SC]

I'm glad you told us what it was!!!! It definitely looks like a ship wreck. . .that one was probably just as much fun for THEM as the completed one!

[Daisy]

I left a comment but then realized you could probably just tell me here if you want. My 5yo saw your pictures and wants this cake for HIS birthday NEXT week. Can you give me some tips on how you did it? The one that survived, not the shipwreck. :D

[Elaine]

WOW!

Great job, mom!:)

[Jennifer in MI]

Very nice! I did one of these a few years ago. Is this the Family Fun one? I love their cakes and the directions!

I made a Pooh cake for my dd yesterday. I'd post a picture, but I don't know how!! Anyway, I was so proud of it!

Are cakes a big thing for your family? My kids keep trying to come up with bigger and better cakes for me to try!! My 7 yo really wants a water slide cake. Ack!!

[jmgconner]

Fantastic! I was ROFLing at the 'shipwreck' cake. That's how mine would turn out!

[~Tara~]

Awesome cake!

I just found the one I made last year...the one that survived...
thought I'd share, not meaning to hi-jack, you can kick me if you'd like

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a72/Tara-S/Cakes/bbb94e48.jpg

(I just linked as I'm unsure of the board's rules/policy on posting pics..now that we've changed and all)

[sdWTMer]

Way cool cake! M is very fortunate to have a momma that would do this.

[Robin Hood]

Way cool!

[Mom2jnb]

Awesome.

I too would love instructions. My soon to be 8ds would LOVE this for his May birthday.

Thanks,
Alison

[Lux Et Veritas Academy]

You go girl very cute! Nice Blog as well!:o

[Denise in IN]

Great cake - I'm impressed! So glad you got one to turn out, and it looks like your boys had fun!

[JudoMom]

Awesome.

I too would love instructions. My soon to be 8ds would LOVE this for his May birthday.

Thanks,
Alison

My first tip is to avoid the Family Fun cake at all cost for the baking of the cake :p.

For the 2nd cake, I just baked 2 rectangle cakes. Mine were a bit smaller than 9X13, because I didn’t have 2 9X13 pans and I was in a hurry. After they cooled I stacked them on top of each other and trimmed the top into a “ship” shape.

Then I just used the Family Fun recipe (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50180) for decorating ideas, although I didn’t find the “Milk Chocolate Wafer Rolls” they suggested for the cannons (I used mini peanut butter cups held on with toothpicks), and I used Imaginext Pirate accessories instead of Root Beer Barrels.

j.griff posted this link to a pirate ship cake (http://www.brightideas.com/summer/recipes/r_1648_1.jsp), and it looks really cool, but I already had everything from the Family Fun cake.