I used the normal Dora Wilton cake pan, but I transformed Dora into a Princess. I made another small cake, cut it into two triangles to make the dress nice and wide at the bottom. I used a Dora Princess party bag as my model for this Princess. The same Princess was on the invitations, … Read more
I made this Dora The Explorer Cake for my husband’s granddaughter. It’s all edible except for Dora and Boots. The lake and river is made of blueberry jello, Dora’s house is made of graham cookies, the tree is an upside down cupcake with a pretzel and the bridge is made of pretzel also, the road … Read more
This is my first attempt at making and decorating a cake. I made this Dora cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday party.It took about 4 hours to decorate it. I used green frosting in place of the blue frosting since the party colors were purple and green. I used a basic buttercream recipe and just … Read more
I used two tiers of cake for this Dora birthday cake; an 8-inch base with a 6-inch top. The figures are chocolate transfer figures. The palm trees, flowers, ladybugs etc. are cut out fondant.
This Dora cake was made by using a 9×13 pan. Purple frosting covered the entire thing. The “map” was made by using a cut and frosted graham cracker. The eyes of the map were Necco wafers and M&Ms. The mouths were fruit roll-ups. Backpack’s eyes were frosted Vienna fingers and junior mints. I was inspired … 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 enlarged a picture of Dora on photocopier to fit inside the size of 2 lamington trays together, then I traced it onto baking paper, making a few changes as I went (I wanted the arms and head to be in a different position). I also drew some balloons onto baking paper to put on … Read more
The Dora cake that I had made was the first birthday cake I had ever made. My daughter who was having her third birthday, had asked me to please make her cake. I did buy the box cake mix and also the already made icing. I started by baking the cake and cup cakes the … Read more
My son was really into Dora, so I wanted to make a Dora-themed cake that wasn’t too “girly” for his 3rd birthday. Since he loves the whole Dora Map concept, I decided to try and make a homemade Dora map cake showing Dora and her friends how to get to Logan’s birthday party. I started … Read more
My 2 year old granddaughter saw a cake similar to this Dora Birthday Cake Idea at Walmart and fell in love. I searched the internet to find the toppers and it came up 16-$18.00 everywhere online so I went back to Walmart and asked if they could sell me the toppers. Not thinking that they … Read more