The beginings of a pirate ship cake

This cake is still about a two weeks from Birthday Party date, but gumpaste takes some time to dry.  These should be perfect by the party date!

Treasure chest with coins, a treasure map, pearls and rubies:

The cannon and cannon balls!

This pirate ship will be on water and the treasure chest will be on an island.   I also made a shark fin (you can sort of see it in the bottom middle of the photo) because sharks just seem to go well with pirate ships!

So excited about how these turned out and can't wait to see the final cake!!