This Dora the Explorer cake is made entirely from cake and buttercream with a little structural support from wooden picks. I sculpted a refrigerated butter cake and then piped on the buttercream to make the features. The sandcastle is made from cake crumbs.
I made a 2 tier fondant covered Dora Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I made 3 8″ cakes (one vanilla, one chocolate, one strawberry). I leveled them and split them into two layers each. Then I trimmed one layer from each flavor to a 6″ round. I stacked them on a cardboard circle … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake for my granddaughter using a preformed baking tin with a Madeira sponge recipe quantity for an 8″ round cake. To ensure the cake came out of the tin cleanly I used an easy release. Although the instructions are to use piped buttercream icing I chose to use … Read more
For my daughter’s 3rd birthday, we did this Dora birthday cake since it was her favorite character at the time. I found the 18 doll at Kmart and we baked the cake in a bowl and then cut out a section of the side of the cake, bent the doll in half, placed her inside … Read more
I was inspired by another cake on this website. I used buttercream icing to cover the Dora birthday cake and for the borders and writing. I used Color Flow icing for Dora. To make Dora and the stars I used a picture from a coloring book. I covered it with wax paper and used full … Read more
I bought a Dora the Explorer cake mold that comes with a picture and step by step instructions on how to decorate (I bought it at party city but it is readily available at party stores and online). Make sure to heavily coat the pan with a cooking spray that also contains flour and then … Read more
I found a picture of Dora the explorer that I liked from a coloring book. I traced it on to wax paper and then used frosting gel to go over the lines on the wax paper and put it on my already frosted cake. Slightly rub then slowly peal off. Now you have an outline … Read more
I made this head of Dora cake for my daughter’s third birthday. This cake was fairly easy to make. I made a butter cake in a rectangle baking tin. I made the actual cake two days before and iced it the night before the party. I cut out the shape of the head from a … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I used a half sheet pan, which took four boxes of cake mix. I used yellow cake and chocolate for the layers. Then I made three batches of cream cheese frosting, and left the middle layer white (added mini chocolate chips) and tinted … Read more
The Klayeah Cassandra Dora Birthday Cake was made for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. And it was made with Marshmallow Fondant. The base of the cake is 2 tier of white on the lower tier and chocolate on the upper with my own recipe of coconut cream filling and pineapple jam. The Dora figure is just … Read more
I made this Dora Birthday Cake Idea for my grand daughters 3rd birthday. I used Wilton’s shaped pan, Wilton’ decorator icing, tinted the icing with Wilton’s colored gels and just followed the directions. Wilton’s cake release is a MUST. This cake has about 12 different colors, some you only need literally 3 or 4 stars … Read more
This Dora birthday cake is for my daughters 2nd birthday. It’s a 12″ yellow cake with sprinkles baked in (like fun-fête). I hand drew Dora and Boots on the cake and used a basic star tip-16 to fill in the design and finished with a tip 3 to pipe details.s 2nd birthday. Its a 12″ … Read more