I actually got this cake idea from your website for Hello Kitty birthday cakes. I put two boxes of confetti cake mix into a 1/4 sheet cake pan. Once done put it in the freezer for a few hours to help with the cutting. I then shaped the oval face and used the extra cake … Read more
This Dora the explorer birthday cake was for a friend’s daughter’s first birthday. It is made up of three layers and two types of filling: plain white cake and raspberry filling, lemon cake, custard filling and vanilla cake. The cake is masked with buttercream icing and sides are coated with lightly toasted coconut flakes. Dora … Read more
The top portion was created in a 9×13 cake pan. I freehanded a drawing from other Nemo cakes on this site. Cut the shape to fit and pieced together. Frosted orange and added white and black piping and used brown M&M’s for the eyes. The bottom portion was prepared with two boxes of cake mix … Read more
My son loves Nemo so I thought why not make him a Nemo cake? I used a mold for the shape of the fish and baked two cake mixes in it. I made butter cream icing and colored it with professional food colors. The professional colors gave me the bright vivid colors I needed. I … Read more
After looking at all the cakes on this website I came up with the idea of doing the Tall Mountain of Dora birthday cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. My daughter loves Dora and I didn’t feel comfortable doing an actual Dora. I had so much fun making the cake! First I baked four cakes … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday I made this Dora the Explorer cake using a Wilton Dora cake pan. It was only my second cake ever and I’m not very experienced with piping…the directions from the pan seemed overwhelming so I just piped her hair and the outlines and spread the rest. I mixed the colours … Read more
I got a lot of inspiration for this cake from Finding Nemo picture cakes I saw on the web. Make two 10″ cake layers. I used 1 cake mix per layer. This gives a nice high-layered cake. I used a basic butter-cream frosting recipe. I made the background a darker aqua than the light blue … Read more
This Finding Nemo cake is really a whole ‘under the sea’ theme….though it contains Nemo and The Little Mermaid. I made the number three by making two ring cakes & cutting out appropriate pieces. I used these leftover pieces to make the ‘sea bottom’. The Icing for the bottom & surrounding water is buttercream tinted … Read more
My nephew is a big Stewie fan so when I was asked to make his birthday cake I figured I had to do Stewie. I made a 9×13 cake as the base. Then for Stewie’s head I made an 8-inch square cake and made a 6-inch round cake for his body. I went online and … Read more
Make your buttercream frosting one day prior to decorating your Dora cake: 1 – cup unsalted butter softened, 6-8 – cups confectioners’ sugar, 1/2 – cup milk, 2 – teaspoons vanilla extract. Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add in 4 cups sugar then the milk and vanilla. At a medium speed of … Read more
Here’s the story behind making this Dora birthday cake. Last year we made a beautiful Sponge Bob cake (you can find a picture of this cake on this site named Nikola’s cake) so this year my nephew was eager to see his cake in the shape of his latest favorite cartoon character – Dora the … Read more
I made this Cinderella cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. I used the Wilton’s dress pan. I also used the rolled fondant. When using this I urge you to use a clear flavoring and kneed it in before rolling it out. The taste is not desired. When the cake cooled, I lightly frosted the dress … Read more