My daughter Paige is totally in love with Dora so when it came to choosing a theme for her 2nd birthday, Dora was definetly the go. When I have a party I like the whole lot to be in one theme so I went Dora mad. First we had the Dora cake which I made … Read more
I made this Dora cake for my niece’s 3rd birthday. I thought this was going to be the easiest cake to make, but it turned out taking me about 7hrs total! I first made a homemade white cake in a 9×13 cake pan using 11 cups of batter. I then made homemade buttercream. I had … Read more
Here is a Dora the Explorer cake I made for my daughter’s 4th birthday. I copied a picture from a book she has and then blew it up to the size that would suit the slab cake I had made. I used butter icing tinted to get correct colours. I froze the cake first and … Read more
I made this Dora Birthday Cake Idea for a friend’s daughter who loves Dora. I used bright colors, because that’s how Dora is, bright! I think she liked it. I know I would.
I made this cake for a friends little girl who loves Dora the Explorer. I used color flo to make her. I used a picture from a coloring book. I put a piece of wax paper over it to trace it and then filled it. This was great because all I had to do was … Read more
I made this Dora birthday cake for my niece Savannas 2nd birthday. I made a marble cake in a 16-inch circle pan. I frosted with Violet Wilton’s tint and added pink dots after frosting. For the Dora and butterflies I used Color Flo; it is critical to follow the directions exactly or the dried piece … Read more
I made this cake for my six years old daughters birthday party who is a great Dora the Explorer fan. I baked my favorite chocolate Genoise cake using a 16″x11″ size cake pan and then cut it into three layers. I used homemade caramel pudding for the first layer, chocolate pudding for the second one … Read more
I baked this Dora the explorer birthday cake for my daughters third birthday, September 2007! I used a Wilton Cake pan with a butter cake recipe I made from scratch. I followed the directions that came with the cake pan using Wilton’s buttercream icing recipe. It took me a total of five and a half … Read more
My daughter is Dora crazy and for her 3rd birthday I decided to make a Dora cake. Once thought out, this cake was very easy to make. I searched the internet for a Dora image and then traced the image to the top of a round cake using fine white icing. To do this I … Read more
I made this Dora Birthday Cake for my goddaughter’s birthday. I used the Dora shape cake pan. I used a knife and then cut the top part of legs off and outlined a tail in its place (the cut is at a downward angle). The Dora shape cake was placed on top of a full … Read more
I designed this Dora the Explorer Standing Birthday Cake for a one year old’s birthday. I have done standing cakes, but never one with a skeleton of PVC pipe. Dora is approx 2-1/2ft tall, she is made up of one-6inch cake (2-layers), two-8inch cakes (2-layers each) and her head is a Styrofoam ball,(you can use … Read more
I made this Dora birthday cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She really wanted a Dora cake and I decided to use a puzzle technique. This was my first attempt at using this technique. I made a round sponge cake and filled it with chocolate mousse. That was the easy part. I decorated the cake … Read more