Coolest Dora the Explorer Cake 91

by Lauren
(Los Angeles)

Homemade Dora The Explorer Cake

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 the outside yellow.

I found a picture of Dora from the Nick Jr. website and enlarged her at the copy story, and traced the image on the cake with a toothpick. Then I outlined and drew the entire image with black gel. I used a star tip and 4 more batches of buttercream to fill in the picture. I finished off the cake with edible pink glitter.

It was a huge hit, and the best cake I've ever made.