What you will need for this: |
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2 baked 9" or 10" round cakes
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3 to 4
cups chocolate icing
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Chocolate
wafer sticks
(such as Pepperidge Farm
Pirouette Cookies)
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Milk
chocolate wafer rolls (Waffeletten
cookies)
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Several
pieces of white or off-white paper
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3 10"
wooden skewers
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Malted milk balls
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Rolo
candies
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Root beer
barrels
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Plastic
pirate figures (we used Playmobil)
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Step One:
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Cut the cakes in half and layer them, rounded sides all
facing the same direction, adding a thin coat of chocolate
icing between the layers.
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Step Two:
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Trim the bottom
curves of the cakes slightly to help them sit flat, then turn the
cakes upright, as shown. |
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Helpful
Tips: |
If necessary, wrap the cakes in
plastic and chill in the freezer to make them firmer.
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Also, two
drinking straws stuck through the four layers of cake will help keep
them together.)
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Step Three: |
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Cover with the
chocolate icing, then create planking lines along the hull with a
butter knife. Chill at least one hour to firm the icing. |
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Step Four: |
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Use dabs of icing
to anchor wafer stick gunwales along the edge of the deck.
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Step Five: |
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Press the wafer
rolls into both sides of the ship for cannons.
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Step Six: |
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Cut sails from
the paper, then slip them onto the skewers and set the masts in
place.
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Step Seven: |
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Add malted milk
ball cannonballs, plenty of Rolo gold booty, and root beer barrels,
then station a few pirates to keep watch.
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Step Eight: |
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For safety, place
the candles in the cookie cannons, far from the paper sails. Also,
make sure that the surface on which the cake rests is impervious to
wax, as the burning candles will drip. |