Pirate Cake Recipe
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Pirate Cake

By: Betty Crocker®  
"Looking for a treasure of a cake to please your pirate? Cake mix, ready-to-spread frosting and candies make it super easy. "

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Prep Time:
30 Min
Cook Time:
30 Min
Ready In:
3 Hrs 10 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 12 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • Tray or cardboard, 15x12 inches, covered
  • 2/3 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
  • 1 (16 ounce) container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
  • 1 chocolate-covered mint patty
  • 1 large marshmallow, cut in half
  • 1 blue gum ball or candy-coated chocolate candy
  • 1 yellow ring-shaped hard candy
  • 1 roll Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® strawberry or other red chewy fruit snack
  • 1 black licorice rope
  • Square-shaped candy-coated gum
  • Betty Crocker® chocolate decors

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 1 (8-inch) and 1 (9-inch) round cake pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make cake as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pans.
  2. Bake as directed on box. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  3. Use serrated knife to cut 9-inch cake in half and cut hat as shown in diagram. Remaining half of 9-inch cake will form body of pirate. Cut 8-inch cake as directed in diagram. On tray, place cake pieces. Cut ears and nose from small pieces of cake; attach to cake with small amount of frosting. Cover; freeze 1 hour or until firm.
  4. Reserve 2 teaspoons chocolate frosting. Frost hat with remaining chocolate frosting. Mix 2/3 cup of the vanilla frosting with reserved chocolate frosting. With tinted vanilla frosting, frost head, ears and nose of pirate. Add mint patty for eye patch, marshmallow slice and gum ball for eye, and ring-shaped candy for earring.
  5. Frost body with remaining vanilla frosting. Cut fruit snack into shapes for shirt stripes, mouth and strap for eye patch; place on cake. Cut licorice to fit hat. Add gum for teeth and chocolate decors for whiskers. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Footnotes

  • Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your pirate.
  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude cake mix directions on box for 8-inch and 9-inch pans.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 569 | Total Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 53mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2009 by Bake4fun 
This was a very cute cake. The only problem I had was the cake was a little crumbly when I... MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2008 by Kreativess Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
I used the White Butter recipe for this and it came out great! Brought it to work as we were... MORE
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Reviewed on May 4, 2009 by nora 
So fun! This was my first time making a cake in any other shape than the regular old cake... MORE

 
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