Boat Cake

A boat cake can take many forms, depending on the person and event for which you are making the cake. Possible boat-inspired themes include fishing, pirates, sailboats or rowboats. In addition, you can choose from a number of different decorating and styling techniques.

How to make a Sailing Boat

boat pieces cut from 13x9 pan

A simple method for making a sailboat begins with a 13 x 9 cake. Follow the recipe and after the cake is baked:

Allow it to cool
Cut into a square, leaving a rectangle on the end
On the square, make a diagonally cut to form two triangles
Cut one triangle in half for the sail and the bottom of your boat.

The other rectangle will be used to make small boats.

Rearrange your cake pieces to have a bottom and the sails as shown below. Set aside your extra rectangle, while you frost your cake and decorate the arranged cake pieces.

To make the small boats, divide the rectangle in three smaller rectangles. Frost and add paper sails, or additional details to personalize the sailboat for the guest of honor or to match the event’s theme.

pieces together

Frost your cake and decorate how you would like.

sailboat cake frosted

To make the small boats. Cut your rectangle in three smaller rectangles. Frost and add paper sails or whatever details you'd like.

sailboat cake with smaller boats

More Cake Ideas

Are you looking for a fishing theme cake with a boat?

Would you like more of a pirate ship boat?
A 3D boat cake requires cutting the pieces of the boat and assembling them. A medium or larger sized pirate ship boat, involves more work, time and materials than most average size cakes.

You can print off our boat cake decorating pattern and create a fun cake by painting your cake or making a cake image.

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