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
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
This was really easy to make and another huge hit with the birthday boy and the party guests.
I made this treasure chest cake for my son’s 3rd birthday party (pirate themed, of course). I had a lot of inspiration from this website. The key to this cake is making it look like it is half open. In order to do this, I had to figure out a way to make the lid … Read more
I made this treasure chest cake from 2 chocolate cakes baked in a loaf tin. Two thirds of the mixture for the base and 1/3 for the lid. The rise in the cake keeps the lid open and it’s secured by toothpicks at the back. I decorated it with chocolate icing and chocolate coins and … Read more
This Treasure Chest Cake was awesome! It was a HUGE hit among the mini-pirates for my daughter’s 4th birthday (pirate) party! Recipe- 2 packages (18-1/4 ounces each) chocolate cake mix (we used yellow) 1-1/3 cups butter, softened 8 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 6 teaspoons vanilla extract 7-1/2 to 8 cups … Read more
Thanks to the ideas on this site I made the following Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my son’s 5th Pirate Birthday. I used 1 1/2 tray bake brownie cakes for the sponge (two halves sandwiched together for the base, one half on foiled card for the lid). The cakes were covered in brown coloured royal … Read more
For the Boys Pirate cake I used 3 layers one chocolate one strawberry and one white cake mix the outer layers were iced with store bought chocolate frosting as it tends to withstand being out of fridge. The boarding I bought was from the 99 cent store for back board. I covered it with chocolate … Read more
I used a loaf pan to bake the base of the treasure chest and stacked it two layers high. I was concerned about using another cake for the lid. I decided to use a piece of iced Styrofoam for the lid. I filled the chest with candy necklaces, ring pops, chocolate covered coins etc. Pirates … Read more
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My boyfriend and I made this treasure chest cake for our daughter’s 3rd birthday and she loved it! People could not believe we made the cake ourselves! I got the idea from this website and, although it was time consuming, it was not hard at all! I baked 3 box cakes and put them in … Read more
My husband wanted to have a treasure chest cake so I looked around and found lots of ideas on this site! Thanks so much for being here, so I thought I would share how ours turned out. I notice that a lot of your cakes were small, made out of loaf pans and I needed … Read more