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

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

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