I made this cake for a friends little girl who loves Dora the Explorer. I used color flo to make her. I used a picture from a coloring book. I put a piece of wax paper over it to trace it and then filled it. This was great because all I had to do was … Read more
I made this Dora birthday cake for my niece Savannas 2nd birthday. I made a marble cake in a 16-inch circle pan. I frosted with Violet Wilton’s tint and added pink dots after frosting. For the Dora and butterflies I used Color Flo; it is critical to follow the directions exactly or the dried piece … Read more
I made this cake for my six years old daughters birthday party who is a great Dora the Explorer fan. I baked my favorite chocolate Genoise cake using a 16″x11″ size cake pan and then cut it into three layers. I used homemade caramel pudding for the first layer, chocolate pudding for the second one … Read more
I baked this Dora the explorer birthday cake for my daughters third birthday, September 2007! I used a Wilton Cake pan with a butter cake recipe I made from scratch. I followed the directions that came with the cake pan using Wilton’s buttercream icing recipe. It took me a total of five and a half … Read more
My daughter is Dora crazy and for her 3rd birthday I decided to make a Dora cake. Once thought out, this cake was very easy to make. I searched the internet for a Dora image and then traced the image to the top of a round cake using fine white icing. To do this I … Read more
I made this Dora Birthday Cake for my goddaughter’s birthday. I used the Dora shape cake pan. I used a knife and then cut the top part of legs off and outlined a tail in its place (the cut is at a downward angle). The Dora shape cake was placed on top of a full … Read more
I designed this Dora the Explorer Standing Birthday Cake for a one year old’s birthday. I have done standing cakes, but never one with a skeleton of PVC pipe. Dora is approx 2-1/2ft tall, she is made up of one-6inch cake (2-layers), two-8inch cakes (2-layers each) and her head is a Styrofoam ball,(you can use … Read more
I made this Dora birthday cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She really wanted a Dora cake and I decided to use a puzzle technique. This was my first attempt at using this technique. I made a round sponge cake and filled it with chocolate mousse. That was the easy part. I decorated the cake … Read more
This Dora the Explorer cake was baked in a Wilton stand-up bear pan. I trimmed the ears, nose, and arms down to make it more like Dora the explorer, iced it in butter cream, and secured it to the bottom cake with long dowel rods thru the head of Dora the Explorer. The bottom layer … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted a Dora party and I didnt want to just buy a decorated cake. I used a picture of Dora and drew the outline on the frosted 9×13 cake using a toothpick. Then I used chocolate frosting for the hair. For Dora’s face I added white frosting to the chocolate until … Read more
This was for my friends daughter. She wanted a 3d Dora cake. This was my first try at Dora cakes. I molded rice cereal treats around a heavy duty wire in the shape of a stick person then after it dried I covered it in all white gum paste. Then I let that dry and … Read more
For this Dora cake I used a pampered chef bowl to bake the cake or dress part of the cake. I cut a hole in the middle of the cake and inserted a Dora figure for the doll. I iced the dress in a pattern I found online.