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Easy Treasure Chest Cake (With Kit Kat)
Easy DIY homemade pirate treasure chest cake with Kit Kat chocolate, gold and silver candies. No fondant necessary. Only simple ingredients. Great for boys birthday parties.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 20m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- knife
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Bake cake and allow it to cool completely.
2
While cake is baking and cooling, prepare the frosting.
3
Place the cake on a serving dish.
4
Use a serrated knife to trim the sides and dome.
5
Use a spatula to ice cake smoothly in chocolate frosting.
6
Stick Kit Kat bars around the cake. The frosting works like "edible glue."
Kit Kat bars (Regular size)11
7
Arrange 4 Kit Kats close together on a sheet of wax paper to make the top lid of the box. I had to add a single Kit Kat piece to my arrangement because the size was not matching up with the cake.
8
Use melted chocolate to stick all these Kit Kats together and let this lid set and harden.
9
In the meantime, fill the top of the cake with gold and silver candies.
Gold and silver candies (Such as Rolos, chocolate coins, Hershey's Kisses, Hershey's chocolate nuggets)2 cups
10
Push a bamboo skewer into both sides of the cake. I used bamboo cocktail forks. The lid will rest on these skewers.
11
Brush melted chocolate generously near the back of the box and stick the chocolate lid here. The lid should be partially open and resting on the skewers. You will have to hold the lid for about a minute to help keep it secure until the chocolate sets.
12
Use a dry brush to randomly spread cocoa powder all over the box (top, sides, front, back). This will give it a rustic appearance.
Cocoa powder1 tbsp
13
Fill the box with some more gold and silver candies to make it look like it's overflowing with treasure.
Gold and silver candies (Such as Rolos, chocolate coins, Hershey's Kisses, Hershey's chocolate nuggets)2 cups
14
Create the setting now. Spread brown sugar around the box to represent sand. Use scissors to cut a red Twizzler and place it in an "X" shape near the box. Spread gold and silver candies randomly around the board. Also, add some chocolate balls in the "edible sand" to represent stones and pebbles. Enjoy.
Brown sugar1 cupTwizzler (Preferably red)1Gold and silver candies (Such as Rolos, chocolate coins, Hershey's Kisses, Hershey's chocolate nuggets)2 cups
Nutrition Facts
calories
476 kcal
fat Content
14 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
77 g
sodium Content
346 mg
protein Content
3 g
cholesterol Content
38 mg
carbohydrate Content
90 g
saturated Fat Content
5 g
unsaturated Fat Content
8 g
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