Wow, wow, wow! That is awsome. The map is awsome and the chest looks great! Nice job. I'm gonna save this to my folders.

Amazing cake!!! How did you colour the map to look so 'worn'?

awesome! love the worn look of the map and your writting is perfect!

I used food color gels mixed with water to dilute them some to color the map. I started with a golden color and applied it with a paper towel and then just layer the colors - brown, black, etc. to get the effect I wanted. It was so easy. Then I used a food color marker and hand drew the compass and dotted lines and the happy bday message. It turned out better then I expected and this was one of my favorite cakes so far!

great job! That map looks amazing.

Thanks guys, it was fun!

This is such a wonderful cake! It would be perfect for a Pirates of the Caribbean party which is so popular right now! May have to give this one a try! Great job!

Thanks Cambo - that's kind of the reason my son asked me to do this cake - we went on a Disney Cruise 2 weeks before his bday and one of the theme nights was Pirates of the Caribbean so of course I just had to make one for him!! He is still talking about it 3 weeks later! It's nice to know how much someone appriciates your work, especially your kids!

This is terrific! Can I ask did you support the top lid of the chest with anything? I am scared if I do a cake lid that it will slide or fall!?

WELL- it DID slide off the back! LOL so I learned real quick that I had to dowel the back edge through to the bottom then I used the coins to prop the "lid" open. I know a few other people on here have done treasure chests and had no problem with sliding but boy did I - but nothing a few dowels and carful camoflage couldn't hide!! lol - all my cakes truely are a learning experience! I think maybe next time I would put the top "lid" on its own cake board before I tried to prop it open. But it turned ...

That is such an awesome cake! Wow! :D

Very well done!

This is terrific! Can I ask did you support the top lid of the chest with anything? I am scared if I do a cake lid that it will slide or fall!?

WELL- it DID slide off the back! LOL so I learned real quick that I had to dowel the back edge through to the bottom then I used the coins to prop the "lid" open. I know a few other people on here have done treasure chests and had no problem with sliding but boy did I - but nothing a few dowels and carful camoflage couldn't hide!! lol - all my cakes truely are a learning experience! I think maybe next time I would put the top "lid" on its own cake board before I tried to prop it open. But it turned ...

That is such an awesome cake! Wow! :D

Very well done!

Wow, wow, wow! That is awsome. The map is awsome and the chest looks great! Nice job. I'm gonna save this to my folders.

Amazing cake!!! How did you colour the map to look so 'worn'?

awesome! love the worn look of the map and your writting is perfect!

I used food color gels mixed with water to dilute them some to color the map. I started with a golden color and applied it with a paper towel and then just layer the colors - brown, black, etc. to get the effect I wanted. It was so easy. Then I used a food color marker and hand drew the compass and dotted lines and the happy bday message. It turned out better then I expected and this was one of my favorite cakes so far!

great job! That map looks amazing.

Thanks guys, it was fun!

This is such a wonderful cake! It would be perfect for a Pirates of the Caribbean party which is so popular right now! May have to give this one a try! Great job!

Thanks Cambo - that's kind of the reason my son asked me to do this cake - we went on a Disney Cruise 2 weeks before his bday and one of the theme nights was Pirates of the Caribbean so of course I just had to make one for him!! He is still talking about it 3 weeks later! It's nice to know how much someone appriciates your work, especially your kids!