Once I had the idea for a treasure hunt theme party, I traced a picture of the treasure chest from one that was on a crayon box. I then took it to a copy store and had them blow it up as large as I wanted the cake to be. I then made 2 cakes … Read more
The lid of the cake is made by cutting a foam box up and giving it the curved shape of a treasure chest pinned together and butter iced; then I inserted two bamboo kebab sticks into the lid and pushed them into the cake so it gives the affect of the lid being open also … Read more
I made this Homemade Treasure Chest Birthday Cake Idea for my 4 year old son. I baked a rectangle shape and a square shaped chocolate cake, then I cut them to make 3 rectangles the same size. I used one of the off cuts to make a wedge. After sticking 2 of the rectangles together … Read more
For my son’s pirate party, I wanted to make a pirate treasure chest cake. I used 4 13X9 chocolate cakes mixes for the bottom of the chest. The top part is made 5 round chocolate cakes, cut in half to make 10 halves. I used Wilton icing on all of it, and I iced between … Read more
For my Son’s 7th Birthday we had a treasure hunt theme so a treasure chest was the obvious choice for the cake! I baked three 9 x 14 cakes. Two of them stacked made the bottom of the chest while the third was used for the lid. I cut a piece of stiff cardboard for … Read more
I was inspired by other treasure chest cakes on this website to make this Pirate Treasure Chest birthday cake for my son’s 4th birthday. I made 3 square butter cakes measuring 10″x 10″. I made them a few days in advance and popped them in the freezer to make life easier, and also because I’d … Read more
This cake was actually made for a hockey banquet. My co-ed teams name was the Ice Pirates and I baked this using a very large square pan. I then cut it so that I could get 4 squares stacked to form the bottom part of the chest and the lid. I used homemade whipped cream … Read more
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I have always loved baking, but never really played around with cake decorating until my kids were born. I started off by decorating on the top of the cake and then for my daughter’s 4th birthday I decided to try a 3-D cake. Her theme was pirate party and I started searching for inspiration and … Read more
This Treasure Chest Birthday Cake was a fun thing to make. It was my first serious cake ever and it was such fun. Its 3, 9×13″ sheet cakes. I made them the night before. I put the lid cake on its foil covered cake-cardboard and wrapped it in foil and froze it. Then I baked … Read more
This Homemade Pirate Treasure Chest Cake is a yummy scrumptious chocolate cake I made for my son’s Edwards first birthday. It’s basically a rich dark chocolate cake. It is actually a chocolate muffin recipe adjusted to make up a whole large cake. It has pure chocolate as the frosting and royal icing to make the … Read more
My daughter wanted a pirate party for her 5th birthday so I decided to try my hand at making the cake myself. This was the first time I had made anything other than a basic round or rectangle cake so it was a stretch. I made a 9×13 cake and cut it in half. Before … Read more