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Coolest Dora Luau Beach Birthday Cake 62
by Carolyn T
(Tracy, CA)
Homemade Dora Luau Beach Birthday Cake
My granddaughter Faith is crazy about Dora the Explorer. The theme for her 2nd birthday was a Dora Luau swim party so we made her a Dora Luau Beach Birthday Cake.
The 1/2 sheet cake consisted of 1 layer of chocolate cake (2 boxed cake mixes), raspberry filling (2 cans of cake/pie filling) and 1 layer of french vanilla cake (2 boxed cake mixes). The cake was frosted with homemade buttercream frosting.
The water was made using 1/2 of the icing and coloring with blue food coloring. To make the waves, I used sparkle blue icing gel (Michaels) and "tapped" the gel with a spatula to make the waves.
The sandy beach was made with instant hot cocoa mix and granulated sugar. The Tiki Hut was made with Pirouette cookies and the roof was a rice krispie treat rolled out with a rolling pin. The tiki torches were Oreo cookie straws with a birthday candle stuck inside (this was also the candles she blew out to make her wish).
The fish in the water I used Swedish fish and the seashells were made with gumpaste. I found the characters at Toys R Us, Ebay and the Party Store.
This was my first of what I hope will be many birthday cakes to make.
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