I baked two boxes of cake mix and used 9 x 13 pans. Once the cakes cooled, I cut both in half. Three of the halves were stacked to make the bottom of the treasure chest cake. I used frosting and preserves in between each layer. The last half was used for the top of … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest cake for my son’s 5th birthday party that was pirate themed. I used white cake mix in a sheet pan, cut it in half, and stacked one half on top of the other. I then used a casserole dish and added it to the top, to finish giving it it’s … Read more
This Treasure Chest Birthday Cake is two 9×13 on top of each other for the base and another 9×13 for the lid. I used Rice crispie treats for the wedges as I felt they were stronger than cake. I used fruit by the foot for the straps on the box and chocolate raisins for rivets. … Read more
I made this Homemade Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my grandson’s 1st birthday. His party was held in a soft play centre which was called pirates cove. This is the second cake I have made, the first being his christening cake, which was just a 2 tier white cake with a bit of blue. So … Read more
The cake was made with 7″ x 11″ pans (it was 3 cakes stacked on top of each other). The back of the cake was a piece of cardboard which I decorated with icing. To get the cardboard to stick to the cake, I had to stick long wooden skewers through the cardboard and into … Read more
Both the Cakes were covered in chocolate buttercream and then I used fondant to cover. Chocolate Fondant was used for the Chest and normal white fondant that I colored for the pirate. Trying to get the lid of the Treasure chest to sit open was a challenge but I used chopsticks to hold it up … Read more
I created a “Pirate Ship” cake for my son’s 6th birthday. It was my first attempt at a cake other than a traditional layer cake. I got the main idea from this web site, selecting various elements from the different pirate cakes on the site. I started by baking 4 chocolate sheet cakes (9×13). I … Read more
Part one: The Pirate Ship This ship wreck island cake is made using Betty Crocker’s Devil’s food cake packet mix and comes with pre-made frosting which is the best cake mix I have found to date, so easy to make and sculpt. I made two loaf pans then cut one into 3 sections. I stuck … Read more
The Pirate Ship Birthday Cake is all cake and the bottom is another cake. Everything on this cake is edible except the sails, and the people! I made this for my nephew’s 4th birthday party! The ship is chocolate cake and the bottom is vanilla. It took me a long time to make this cake … Read more
I’ve never attempted a fondant cake before and my son gave me quite a challenge for my first one for his 6th birthday. The brief was for a pirate ship that’s sinking with an octopus pulling it into the water. He initially wanted a treasure chest on the deck falling into the water as well, … Read more
I was requested to make a pirate ship cake on an ocean with an island. The Island includes Jolly Roger’s bones! After much research on this site I came up with my own version. I loved all the pirate ships on this site and everyone’s posts were very helpful. I am happy with the way … Read more
Oh my goodness! When my son Jonathan asked that I make him a Pirate Ship for his birthday cake my heart sank. I wondered how I was going to pull this off. With a little planning and some creativity his Pirate Ship Birthday Cake turned out great. For the cake I used 3 plain yellow … Read more