I baked a regular 9″ x 13″ cake and trimmed along the top, sides and bottom corners to get the curved Backpack shape. I used two of those extra cake pieces, iced together into a rectangle, to form Map. I propped the Map piece up a little to give him a 3D effect, and held … Read more
For my daughter’s 3rd birthday, we did this Dora birthday cake since it was her favorite character at the time. I found the 18 doll at Kmart and we baked the cake in a bowl and then cut out a section of the side of the cake, bent the doll in half, placed her inside … Read more
This Dora backpack cake was my first attempt at a fondant cake. In fact I’m pretty ambitious and decided to make the fondant from scratch (something I had to try but wouldn’t recommend nor would I attempt it again!). I started with a standard yellow cake recipe (from scratch of course!) in two 9″ round … Read more
I started this Dora the birthday cake by buying Betty Crocker cake mixes. I used chocolate for my medium size cake and vanilla for the 4 small bottom ones and the top one. I baked 5 small vanilla cakes, sliced them down the middle, and filled with vanilla pudding and fresh strawberries. I used the … Read more
I used the Dora the explorer cake pan (which took one mix) and made homemade buttercream frosting. I used a Wilton star tip for her body, hair, and clothing. I tried to stick with her bright colors.
This Dora birthday cake was for a Dora party. I downloaded the picture off the computer then cut it out and traced it on the iced cake with a toothpick. Then filled it in. The cookies are sugar cookies iced in royal icing with fondant eyes and food markers to color.
This Dora cake was relatively easy to make but quite time consuming in compared to other Dora cakes that I have seen. I started with a rectangle cake which I just made from a packet mix. Once cooled, I iced the entire cake and cooled in the fridge. I then found a picture of Dora … Read more
I made this Boots the Monkey cake for Jack who was turning 3. I made a 14″ madera slab cake. I photocopied a colouring picture of Boots and enlarged his head 250%. I measured him up on the slab cake to make sure he fitted than traced the face onto baking paper, each different part … 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.
This was a Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake I made for my daughter’s 1st birthday. I used 2 8″ layer cakes for the base and 4″ round cake for the balloon basket. I cut a 2″ round hole in the 4″ layer of the cake to make it look more like a basket although it … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer Jungle Cake for my god daughter’s birthday as she loves Dora. It is made using items you can easily buy from the supermarket or lolly shop and my main aim was that it would all be edible by children at the party, as sometimes they don’t like to eat … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake for my granddaughter using a preformed baking tin with a Madeira sponge recipe quantity for an 8″ round cake. To ensure the cake came out of the tin cleanly I used an easy release. Although the instructions are to use piped buttercream icing I chose to use … Read more