I made this Dora the Explorer birthday cake for my 3 year old Dora mad son. I tried to make it not too girly. The map was hand painted onto the fondant covered cake board and the number 3 was carved from 2 9 inch round cakes. He was thrilled with it and the look … Read more
When we asked my two-year old daughter what she wanted for her third birthday, she replied, “A pink cake.” Pause. “With Dora on it.” A couple of days later: “A pink cake with Dora on it and a heart around her.” Pause. “With chocolate inside.” When I asked whether it could be a square … Read more
The Map tells Dora and Boots to follow the path, thru the forest (Swiper hiding), over the bridge (past the grumpy ole troll), and finally arrive at Ansley’s birthday party. This is a large cake – 1/2 a sheet cake. WASC cake with butter cream icing. The tree’s were pretzel rods and used a # … Read more
My 3 year old absolutely loved this Dora cake. The only thing was making an ice cream cake in the middle of summer in the Tropics, was not the easiest thing. I spent most of my time icing the cake head first in the freezer. The good thing was due to the heat it melted … Read more
Hi – I had a request for Dora cupcakes. My new favorite decorating method is decorating with melted chocolate – it’s always fun to pull off that topper and take a bite out of it. Dora’s Face: I printed 2in. pictures of Dora’s face. Then put a sheet of wax paper over top of the … Read more
well the cake took me 4 hours to make i made the buttercream and the filling.the filling was cookies and cream buttercream.one side was 2 layers and the other was 4 layers.i sprayed it green with my spray gun.the water was blue icing i cut in to the middel of the cake the part where … Read more
Well, it took me about three hours to do all together. First I made a round cake for the head then a full cake for the body. Then another full cake for the arms and legs then another full cake to make the boots. My husband came in and said what are you doing putting a puzzle together! … Read more
This Dora birthday cake was my first time using fondant. I didn’t know how to cover it with one sheet so I did it in sections and covered my seams, the top with icing, the center with fondant stars that I cut out with a cookie cutter. I just used bright colors and a Dora candle! … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. She requested a Dora cake. I decided to go with a scene and just add Dora figurines because I was unable to get any food coluring to make black in my small town. I baked two 9×13 chocolate cakes and made my own … Read more
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 decided 2 make my daughter’s cake for her 3rd birthday. My cake was a homemade recipe I have played with for a while baked in a 9-inch square tin making 2 of these then cut the cakes to make them even, then filled with chocolate buttercream. I used ready to use royal icing to … Read more
