I made this Homemade Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my grandmother’s 80th birthday party (Pirate theme: Arg Matey! Faye is Eighty!). I made 3 (or 4?) 9×12 cakes from marble cake mix (2 boxes) and froze them until it was time to assemble. The freezing helped with carving the barrel shape of the lid. I … Read more
This was so much fun and one of the coolest cake decorating ideas. I got the idea from just looking at examples of pirate themed parties. I decided to use a loaf pan for the chest. I took a package (18.25 oz) of moist chocolate cake mix, added 1 cup of water, 1/3 cup of … Read more
The sand is graham crackers crushed. I added some Lego palm trees, beads, and candles from local store. The whole pirate birthday cake took less than 45 minutes. You can make any flavor cake and make it as intricate as you want.