My son who was turning 5 years old really wanted a pirate birthday party. I had made my older son a pirate ship cake for his pirate themed party and wanted to do something different. I decided a Pirate Treasure Chest Cake Design would be perfect. Since my son was born on my brother’s birthday, … Read more
We(that being my husband and I) made the square parts in an adjustable square cake tin, and then used cardboard bent into a curved shape and then covered with foil for the top part of the pirate treasure chest birthday cake. Chocolate fudge filling to over it and liquorice laces to be the black bits. … Read more
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BACK OF CHEST: Two nights before I took a board, 12 x 16 and cut it a little to fit across the back of the cake, covered it in aluminum foil. I measured how high my layers were times how wide my cake was. (Four layers times 2″ layers equal 8″ plus 8″ for the … Read more
I used three boxes of cake mix for this treasure chest cake; one for lid, and one for each of the two layers on the bottom. (I used pans that were about 14×10.5 for each of the three layers.) I used a very thick chocolate buttercream icing. On the lid, I put a LOT of … Read more
I made this treasure chest birthday cake for a boy who attends the kindergarden where I work. It is just a rich chocolate cake covered in organic chocolate buttercream then white chocolate flavoured fondant. I tinted the fondant light brown to start with then rolled it to the size I needed. I then marked the … Read more
My daughter requested a pink treasure chest birthday cake for her birthday. I used an 11 x 15 cake pan and 2 batches of batter. After the cake had cooled, I cut the cake in half and frosted/stacked it. The lid was molded rice crispie treats covered in tinted butter cream frosting. I was determined … Read more
My daughter wanted a Treasure Chest Birthday Cake Idea for her 19th birthday, and I wanted to start playing around with sugar, so I came up with this design showing a treasure chest washing up on the shore. The cake is strawberry flavored, dirty iced with cream cheese frosting, giving it a delicious strawberry cream … Read more
my son Zane wanted a pirate treasure chest birthday cake so I looked on here for some ideas and this is what I came up with. The base of the cake is just a funfetti cake using 2 regular 9×13 cake pans. Then I made the treasure chest from a bread pan and just cut … Read more
My son and I both love pirates and candy, so we decided on a pirate theme for his birthday. The treasure chest cake was the first thing that came to my mind. I remember seeing it in a magazine some time ago and it just looked so yummy and so much fun to bake. I … Read more
The hardest part was getting the lid to stay in position. This was done with a support of icing underneath and dowelling inside. So as not to spoil the chest I put the candles on real pebbles.
I made this treasure chest cake for a friend. Her son was turning one and her uncle was also having a birthday. The party was pirate-themed, and the main cake was a pirate ship. However, a one-year-old needs a cake of his own because he’s liable to get slobber on it when he blows out … Read more