Avast, me proud beauty - pirate cake w/cupcakes.

by Candi Huber
(Wells, Maine)

The cake: we started with a rich and moist chocolate cake topped with a butter cream frosting, smothered with marshmallow fondant colored black with green fairy dust for effect. The cupcakes had a buttercream frosting - 6 white, 6 black, and 6 cream. We used red, white, and black fondant to create pirate inspired designs.

The frogs were just a side project for my son to do...because they were so cute!

This was the first time we ever used or made fondant. It was quite a fun project that we plan on repeating. The cake, icing, and fondant were all made from scratch. There were moments when I didn't think we'd get black fondant or icing...but we had success! Overall, we were very happy with the outcome. Hope you are too!