For my daughter’s birthday I made this Dora cake. I used a mold from a Barbie cake but used a Dora doll instead. I used frosting and added red food coloring until I got the pink I wanted. I frosted over the bodice using a piping bag. For her skirt I spread the frosting very … Read more
The Dora the Explorer shaped cake is from the Dora Wilton pan. It was placed on top of a 1/2 sheet cake which was frosted and then sprayed with the Wilton spray on color. The Dora the Explorer cake was decorated with the star tip. The Cake was 1/2 chocolate, 1/2 vanilla cake on the … Read more
This was a cake made from-scratch: Gale Gands Chocolate layer cake on foodnetwork.com (SOOOO incredibly moist! make sure to use Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa). This chocolate cake was baked in a 12 x 2 inch round pan. It was split into two layers and filled with a chocolate frosting (also homemade). The icing I used … Read more
I prepared this cake for my daughter at her request. I did see other Dora Cakes on this site but I preferred to scan a picture out of a Dora book and used it as my guide for colors etc. I make the cake in a large rectangular cake pan that will take two mixes. … Read more
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