Treasure Chest Birthday Cake Recipe

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Swashbucklers of all ages were eager to seize a chocolaty piece of the birthday cake, although some guests thought it was too cute to cut! Folks were impressed with this edible pirate's treasure chest and loved the rich chocolate icing.

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Treasure Chest Birthday Cake Recipe
  • Prep: 45 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 14-16 Servings
45 30 75

Ingredients

  • 2 packages (18-1/4 ounces each) chocolate cake mix
  • 1-1/3 cups butter, softened
  • 8 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
  • 6 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 7-1/2 to 8 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
  • 5 wooden skewers (three 4 inches, two 7-1/2 inches)
  • Foil-covered heavy corrugated cardboard (12 inches x 7-1/2 inches)
  • Candy necklaces, foil-covered chocolate coins, candy pacifiers or candies of your choice
  • 2 pieces berry tie-dye Fruit Roll-Ups

Directions

  • In two batches, prepare and bake cakes according to package directions, using two greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to cool on wire racks.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter until fluffy; beat in the chocolate, vanilla, confectioners' sugar and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Center one cake on a 16-in. x 12-in. covered board; frost top. Top with remaining cake; frost top and sides of cake. With a metal spatula, smooth frosting to resemble boards.
  • For chest lid, insert 4-in. skewers equally spaced 6 in. into one long side of corrugated cardboard lid. Frost top of lid. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert star tip #21. Pipe a shell border on edges of lid and for handles on side of chest.
  • Place one 7-1/2-in. skewer on each side of cake top, about 3-1/2 in. from back of chest. Position lid over cake; gently insert short skewers into cake about 1 in. from back of chest. Rest lid on long skewers.
  • Arrange candy in chest. Cut a small keyhole from a fruit roll-up; center on front of cake. Position strips of fruit roll-ups in front and back of chest. Yield: 14-16 servings.

Originally published as Treasure Chest Birthday Cake in Taste of Home August/September 2001, p37

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