I baked two boxes of cake mix and used 9 x 13 pans. Once the cakes cooled, I cut both in half. Three of the halves were stacked to make the bottom of the treasure chest cake. I used frosting and preserves in between each layer. The last half was used for the top of … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest cake for my son’s 5th birthday party that was pirate themed. I used white cake mix in a sheet pan, cut it in half, and stacked one half on top of the other. I then used a casserole dish and added it to the top, to finish giving it it’s … Read more
This Treasure Chest Birthday Cake is two 9×13 on top of each other for the base and another 9×13 for the lid. I used Rice crispie treats for the wedges as I felt they were stronger than cake. I used fruit by the foot for the straps on the box and chocolate raisins for rivets. … Read more
I made this Homemade Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my grandson’s 1st birthday. His party was held in a soft play centre which was called pirates cove. This is the second cake I have made, the first being his christening cake, which was just a 2 tier white cake with a bit of blue. So … Read more
The cake was made with 7″ x 11″ pans (it was 3 cakes stacked on top of each other). The back of the cake was a piece of cardboard which I decorated with icing. To get the cardboard to stick to the cake, I had to stick long wooden skewers through the cardboard and into … Read more
Both the Cakes were covered in chocolate buttercream and then I used fondant to cover. Chocolate Fondant was used for the Chest and normal white fondant that I colored for the pirate. Trying to get the lid of the Treasure chest to sit open was a challenge but I used chopsticks to hold it up … Read more
I made a treasure chest cake for my nephew’s 6th birthday. I used a square pan and cut it in half. Put one piece on top of the other. It was made from chocolate cake filled with chocolate fudge frosting. I covered it in fondant and painted it with food coloring to give it the … Read more
This was a pirate treasure chest cake for my son’s 4th birthday. It was fairly simple to make, but a little time consuming to decorate (but end result was worth it). I used 5 cake mixes to bake 4 9×13 cakes and two loaf cakes (in chocolate). I placed two leveled 9×13 cakes next to … Read more
I made this small Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my friend from work. I had made a larger one for my husband a couple of weeks before and she loved it. His was made with 3 13×9 sheet cakes so it was a lot bigger. All I did for this one was bake a 9×9 … Read more
This open faced treasure chest cake was chosen by my friend’s two boys. They were having a pirate party. To make this cake I used a traditional Chocolate Cake and a vanilla buttercream frosting. First I made three 9×4 inch rectangle cakes, and two 10×6 jelly roll pan. Then froze all cakes overnight. To make … Read more
Our cake was for a Pirates party. We got the treasure box cake idea from a magazine but I wanted to do a cake that is easy to prepare. The treasure box cake is made from a regular cake mix (we took vanilla). I used a pound cake baking pan and baked it for 45 … Read more
Take candy strips or fruit by the foot to make the straps on the chest on each side. Put small candies along the straps to appear as nails. Then carefully fill with an assortment of candy: gold coins, rock candy, candy necklaces, and/or bracelets. Whatever you want to fill your cake with. Enjoy! This really … Read more