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Updated on September 30, 2026 by Liz Marek · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Shiver Me Timbers!

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I think this is it, I can officially say this is my favorite cake Liz has done (thus far). You may or may not know I love pirates. I really don't know what it is. I couldn't have been a pirate, they were despicable human beings, were constantly in mortal danger and showered maybe once every other month, but something about pirates just intrigues me and I can't get enough. This cake is THE ultimate pirate ship cake of all pirate ship cakes and it calls my name. If the outstanding detail and overall aesthetic incredibleness doesn't get you then how about cannons that actually fire?! Yeah you heard me, cannons that actually FIRE.

Don't forget the sweet little working lights at the back of the ship too, because working cannons weren't enough special effects for this cake, no sir.

Pirate Ship Cake

Every good pirate story has a kraken, (again with the mortal danger), and the buttercream waves are so artistic, they really add a lot to the overall look!

Edible Kraken Tentacles Buttercream Waves

A birds eye view of all the fantastical detail, a bit of an overload I know. It is easy to forget this is a completely edible cake, even for a cake decorator.

Pirate Ship Cake

And of course the sails, the sails are magnificent! You definitely don't want to miss the structure and techniques Liz used to create the sails.

Edible Sails

Pirate Ship Cake

And there it goes, sailing away in the distance, about to be viciously destroyed by a kraken, no quarter (that's mercy in pirate talk). Isn't it great?! This cake truly has a vast amount of techniques that really can be used in so many ways for so many things.

I am certain you want to see the cannon firing action for yourself so be sure to check out the promo video below! Until next time scurvy scalliwags.

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist and recipe developer who has been teaching baking and cake decorating since 2008. She founded Artisan Cake Company in Portland, Oregon in 2009 and now runs Sugar Geek Show, where she publishes kitchen-tested recipes, food science explanations, and step-by-step tutorials.

Liz is best known for sculpted and hyperrealistic cakes. She won Netflix's Is It Cake? Holiday 2 in 2025 with a hyperrealistic Santa cake, and has competed on and won Food Network cake competitions. Cake Masters Magazine named her one of the top 10 cake artists in 2017. She is the author of Artisan Cake Company's Visual Guide to Cake Decorating and a graduate of the Oregon Culinary Institute.

Her focus is on explaining not just how a recipe works but why it works, so bakers can troubleshoot instead of guess. Every recipe on this site is tested before it's published.

Liz teaches full-length cake tutorials, including sculpted and hyperrealistic cakes, at Sugar Geek University.

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Hi, I'm Liz! I'm a cake artist and recipe developer, and I won Netflix's Is It Cake? Holiday 2 with a hyperrealistic Santa. I write foolproof recipes that explain why things work, not just how.

I also teach full-length cake tutorials, including sculpted cakes, at Sugar Geek University.

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