I made this cake for a barn themed party. I used the Wilton house cake pan then frosted it red for the barn. The hay on the ground is toasted coconut. For the haystacks I used cupcakes and the Wilton mini dome pan – the dome cakes are the haystacks next to the barn by … Read more
I made this treasure chest cake for my school library’s cake decorating contest. I forget how I made the bottom but (I made this two years ago, I can tell you that to make the lid I used two 9′ round cake pans and I cut them in half. I then frosted them together with … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest Cake for my son’s 7th birthday. He rally wanted to have a pirate birthday party so I made 2 13×9 chocolate cakes and added chocolate butter icing between the layers of the cake and frosted the top and the sides of the cake. For the lid I used foil covered … Read more
I made this beach bug cake from a Wilton 3d cake pan, using a combination of icings. Meringue icing for the water and details were made with marzipan and assorted cookies, etc. Sand was crushed graham crackers. It was a little sloppy but the kids thought it was cute.
My son Devin just turned three and wanted a treasure hunt for his birthday party. I was thrilled with all the creative possibilities and went immediately to work to make this a memorable occasion. I’m fortunate to have a very creative mother-in-law who’s an amateur custom cake baker. For our Treasure Chest Birthday Cake, she … Read more
This is a homemade beach theme birthday cake I made for a friend’s surprise birthday party. I’d seen a couple similar to this online, but added my own flair to represent the guest of honor. It’s two 10″ cakes, one yellow, one devil’s food, with a layer of fudge filling in between. It’s frosted with … Read more
I made this Homemade Treasure Chest Cookie Cake for my son’s third birthday. He has a severe egg allergy and therefore cannot eat your everyday birthday cake. He can however eat cookies. The treasure chest is made of chocolate sugar cookies. Then fused together with royal icing. Fondant and butter cream icing were used to … Read more
This Beach Birthday Cake was made for a 50th, and it was surf and beach themed as requested. It is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting sandwiched between and iced in butter cream icing. The surf boards are handmade from fondant.
I made the chest using 3 butter cakes cooked in a rectangle pan. I chose the one with the best rise to use as the lid. I first cut the top off each cake and trimmed each to the size that I wanted. I them joined together with a simple butter cream icing. Two on … Read more
I got this unique birthday cake idea from this website since my theme was “Splash Party” and we had a bunch of different pools and water activities in the backyard. But I altered it a little bit from the ones I read. I found it much easier to make a Jello jiggler of the Berry … Read more
It was frosted with Dark chocolate frosting and then I ran a fork over it to give it the wood grain texture. The Gold foil covered coins and candy were stacked close to the front so that the “lid” would rest on top slightly open. To make the lid the last cake half was put … Read more
To celebrate my daughters 5th Birthday, we had a Luau/Beach party. The cake was VERY simple to make. Basic packaged cake and icing sugar recipes used. I first made a chocolate cake, using a rectangle 2L pan and then a vanilla cake, using a 1.5L loaf pan. I cut the vanilla loaf and lined up … Read more