Im making a treasure chest cake & I was wondering what would be the best vanilla recipe to use for this cake?. Should it be a dense cake?.or does it have to be a pound cake?.thankss

I'm new, so forgive me for asking - but when you say a treasure chest, do you mean an actual chest/box shape? With a domed lid or open and filled with treasures? If so, I would think denser cake would hold up better.... and for some reason, as soon as I saw "treasure chest" I pictured a spice cake - does it have to be vanilla?