This treasure chest cake was for my son’s 3rd birthday party which was a pirate theme. I had decided to make a treasure chest cake and had pretty much figured out how to “engineer it” when I came across this site and saw that others had attempted the same thing and it worked! (Thanks for … Read more

For our Treasure Chest cake we started out with a cake baked in a small bread/loaf pan and cut it in half diagonally through the center from the top corner down the opposite bottom corner. We then re-matched up the cake putting the small ends together and the large ends together to get the half … Read more

My daughter liked the Pirates of the Caribbean and wanted a Pirate theme for her 5th birthday. I created this pirate treasure chest cake based on some other pictures I had seen on the internet. I was able to find the chocolate coins for decoration at Walgreens and at the bulk bin section of a … Read more

I made this Treasure Chest Birthday Cake Idea for nephew’s 7th Birthday Pirate Themed Party. I was actually looking for treasure chest ideas and came upon this website. I love baking and decorating cakes. But I’m just barely starting to learn and try new things. I saw pictures of a few treasure chest cakes and … Read more

This Pirate Treasure Cake was for my son Gavin! He loves pirates so I thought I could get creative since making a ship terrified me. First I started with the base, just an 11×15 slab of cherry chip cake. I covered it with brown icing and then added crumbled cookie for sand and blue gel … Read more

I baked this treasure chest cake using a loaf pan for my daughter’s 6th birthday, which had a treasure hunt theme. After hardening in the freezer, I sliced the loaf to make the top and bottom of the chest. Then I took the top portion and cut another inch off to make it thinner, hoping … Read more

This is my first time making a party cake. This Treasure Chest Birthday Cake was for my son’s 3rd birthday party, Pirates, of course. After a week of trials I couldn’t decide whether to do a chocolate cake or sponge so decided on both. I needed to serve 41 but it turns out as usual … Read more

I made this Treasure Chest Birthday Cake with box cake mix, following the directions and just making sure to use my stand mixer to make sure it was thoroughly mixed. I separated the first box into two pans (9×13), one had a little more than half, the other, of course, a little less than half. … Read more