I was out of town on business over the weekend. When I got back home BBC wanted to bake a pirate ship cake. This is the drawing he handed me so I would know what he had in mind. With school starting on Thursday I thought this would be a fun project and memory so I agreed.
This wasn’t my first rodeo when it comes to pirate ship cakes. We made this one for his fourth birthday. It turned out decent for our first try. I thought I had learned a few lessons when making that one. I expected this go around to be even better than the one before.
I could not have been more wrong! We used a Duncan Hines cake mix this go around. The last cake didn’t taste very good. It was dry and cooked unevenly. This cake baked up beautifully. Because it was so spongy and moist it didn’t hold up well. The back end kept falling apart. I finally skewered and iced it together into this uneven mess.
The captain was happy with the end result. He contributed more this go around by helping measure and mix. He also crafted the pirate flag and sails with the help from DH. In the end his happiness was all that mattered with this project.
The cake was yummy and completely destroyed in about two minutes. I don’t know why I ever fretted over it. I guess it just goes with perfectionist mom territory. When will I ever learn?
I am going to do this again, I think. Surely the third time will be a charm. If not we’ll have fun trying!
What’s your latest disaster?
~Southern Fried Gal
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August 17, 2010
My first try with my pizza box birdie wreath was a terrible mess. Really really bad. At least you could eat the cake.
August 17, 2010
I LIKE your cake! I feel your pain, too. I made a cupcake stand out of a glass plate and a glass candlestick then spray painted them turquoise. It looked gorgeous! Then I sprayed it with clear sealer and the paint bubbled and cracked and peeled off like old sunburn, it was horrible! Fixed it with an all over mod podged layer of crumpled tissue and acrylic paint and GOOD sealer, it came out fine in the end.
August 18, 2010
I think your cake looks AWESOME and very Pirate Ship-like! I Sooo understand about it needing to be perfect. That’s just the Mama in us! I make them too and the better they taste, the more they fall apart…if you figure out a way to make them taste Great AND stay together please let me know!
August 24, 2010
So it fell apart…creating those memories with dear son is worth more than a “perfectly created” cake.