How to Make Pirate Cake

Having a pirate party? Celebrating International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19? Ahoy there matey, this pirate cake  is one of the easy cake recipes that will be an instant hit with any budding swashbuckler. 

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Ingredients:

Madeira sponge cake

Buttercream frosting

Chocolate sticks

Chocolate coins

Mint imperials (round mints)

Sugared miniature gems

Yellow cocktail sugar or yellow sherbet

Add the butter cream. Cover the whole of the Madeir cake in butter cream using a palette knife. This will help the chocolate sticks stick to the cake.

Add the chocolate sticks.

Stick chocolate sticks to the long side of the cake.

Stick chocolate sticks to the long side of the cake. Stick chocolate sticks to the long side of the cake.

Alternate them from side to side, as shown in this image.

Fill the gaps by cutting more chocolate sticks to length. Repeat on the other side.

Fill the ends with more sticks cut down to size.

Make "sand". Spread a rough layer of butter cream on the cake board around the chest.

Use a spoon to sprinkle the yellow sugar over the butter cream.

Place the treasure on top.

Cover the top of the cake with chocolate coins, and place a few around the sides of the chest to make it look like the treasure's overflowing.

Place the characters amidst the treasure. Complete the scene by positioning a few pirate characters and toys around the chest.

Source: WikiHow