This Dora Cake Idea is a different take on the Dora cakes I’ve seen around! This was my daughter’s 1st birthday cake I made. Grab yourself the Dora doll you want! Get a dolly varden tin and a star piping tip and your ready to make this! Remember to make sure the cake has cooled … Read more
This homemade Dora birthday cake is a three layer strawberry cake frosted with buttercream frosting. I used Wilton basic colors and kept mixing until I got close to the right colors. No special tips or pastry bag. Just cut the ends of Ziploc bags and drew. I had an image from Nick Jr. up on … Read more
This Dora cake was made using the Wilton Dora cake pan. I also made a second cake using a half sheet so I could stack the cake so it would serve more if needed. This was a donated birthday cake for a 4 four year old who loves Dora. I frosted it using the traditional … Read more
My daughter is a huge Dora the Explorer fan. For her 2nd birthday I knew we would have a Dora theme and a Dora Cake. I went to several grocery stores to see about getting a Dora cake. I didn’t like any of the ones I had found so I decided to turn to the … Read more
This Dora the Explorer cake out of all of my cakes is one of my favorites. I was really proud of how this turned out. It was made for my friends daughter’s 3rd birthday and it took A LOT of work (it was huge). It took two 11×15-inch cake pans. I cut her out and … Read more
Firstly, make the cake a day before you decorate it, its firmer and it takes the pressure and anxiety off. Pre make your icing and colors and place them into the deco backs and place in refrigerator until you are ready to use them. Ice the bottom of the Dora the explorer cake first and … Read more
I was asked by a friend to make a Dora the Explorer cake for his little girl. I have seen a lot of Dora Cakes and they are usually the whole body or her head so I decided to make a figurine and put it on the cake. I made the figurine by coping a … Read more
My daughter is crazy about Dora the Explorer, so I had to make her a Dora Cake for her 3rd Birthday. First I downloaded a printable of Dora from Nick Jnr Website. Then I made a plain chocolate sponge cake. I used a large rectangular roasting tin as she had lots of friends to share … Read more
This Dora birthday cake is my first attempt at fondant. I used 2 8-inch chocolate cakes for the bottom layer and 2 6-inch yellow cakes for the top layer. Both are frosted with white icing and then placed in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. I ended up making my own marshmallow fondant – … 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
I made this Dancing Mexican Dora Cake from the idea in the Wilton cake book, loved the look of fondant but hate the taste to this was so easy to take off the skirt but yet it looked fabulous. I made the Dora from the regular pan and just changed it slightly (no backpack, change … 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