Pirate Ship Birthday Cake
This cake was for a friend of mine's little boy who was turning four. What's he into? He loves pirates. Everything about pirates. So, what else could I make for him? I made him a pirate ship cake. He requested chocolate cake and I had some leftover chocolate buttercream. I baked the cake in a rectangular form, cut it into two layers and cut out the middle third of the top layer and put it on top of the back layer. Then I crumb coated the cake in chocolate buttercream. I covered this cake in panels of chocolate fondant. Once the cake was completely paneled, I made the wood texture on it. I started out using a ruler to make the lines of the planks of wood then emphasized them with fondant tools. I added texture with a Dresden tool. I loved how it looked. Then I rolled a snake of chocolate fondant and cut it into one and a half centimeter pieces and glued them onto the rails and topped it with a strip of fondant. I did the...