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
My son Alex wanted a pirate birthday for his 7th so we started looking around for cake ideas. We always look on this site to get all our ideas and then make a Treasure Chest Cake into our own. I used 2 chocolate cake mixes and baked them in a 9 X 13 pan. I … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my oldest son Amery’s 4th birthday. The top is round cakes cut in half and iced together. The bottom is three rectangle cake iced together. I covered them in chocolate icing and used fondant foe the straps. I outlined the edges with yellow icing and then sat … Read more
The bottom of the treasure box cake is made with multiple sheet cake layers. The top of the treasure box is a cake board cut to fit perfectly. Wooden skewers are used to help support the weight of the top and keep it propped. The rounded part on the top of the treasure box are … Read more
After frosting the pirate birthday cake brown, refrigerate/partially freeze and then cut out a small section to add the bootie (gold foil coins candy necklaces etc.) and frost inside the section before sticking the candy inside. Then decorate around the cake with your childs favorite color to add the look of the treasure chest. My … Read more
This treasure chest cake I made with my mom for my twin son’s third birthday. We threw them a pirate party- complete with a treasure hunt and treasure chest cake. It was a big hit. We used sugar paper to coat the cake and achieve the wood look. Fondant was used for the straps, lock, … Read more
I made this treasure chest cake for my daughter’s fourth birthday. I found the idea on this site. The bottom is two 9X13 chocolate cakes. I put them in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to cool before frosting. I used store bought chocolate frosting. I frosted both cakes and used a plastic fork … Read more
I made this Pirate Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. Two 9×13’s. I baked them, then cooled and stacked them on top of each other. The top cake was slightly rounded from baking so it worked nice for that over-stuffed treasure chest look. I used a piece of cardboard wrapped in foil … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my stepdaughter’s son’s 5th birthday. The cover is made from rice krispie treats molded into the cover and all is frosted with buttercream frosting and accents are fondant. I held the cover up with the help of wooden dowels and put the candies in the front etc. … Read more