Since my boss knew that I love to make cakes she asked me to make a Dora the Explorer birthday cake for her daughters second birthday party. The pressure was on! I knew her daughter really liked the backpack character as well as Dora so I found a few pictures for reference and came up … Read more
I enlarged a picture of Dora on photocopier to fit inside the size of 2 lamington trays together, then I traced it onto baking paper, making a few changes as I went (I wanted the arms and head to be in a different position). I also drew some balloons onto baking paper to put on … Read more
This is my homemade Dora the Explorer Birthday cake. I baked two square white cakes for the bottom. I then baked two round cakes for the top. I shaped and frosted each cake and assembled them. I then let them refrigerate for about an hour each. I tinted and rolled the fondant and then added … Read more
I came up with the idea for a Dora themed birthday party for my daughter’s 2nd birthday because like many toddlers she is in love with Dora! I am not a fancy baker nor am I experienced in making unique birthday cakes, however I knew I wanted hers to be special and because of our … Read more
This Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake is a cake that I made for my friend’s daughter’s birthday! She absolutely LOVES Dora the Explorer. It’s a basic white, base cake and then I used the Dora shaped cake pan for Dora, which was strawberry flavored, and put that on top. That way Dora looked 3D!
This Dora Birthday Cake is the second time I’ve tried MMF, the first time it stuck to everything and was not a pleasant experience. I searched for suggestions for fondant making and discovered using copha (vegetable shortening) to grease my hands, utensils and work board/station is the solution! My ideas for this cake were inspired … Read more
My little girl wanted a Dora the Explorer cake so what does a mommy do, grant her wish of course! I made her the typical cake using the Dora the Explorer cake pan, but then covered the entire cake in fondant. I also used fondant to create the details. She loved it. She would have … Read more
This Dora the Explorer Cake is an ice cream cake made in a rectangular 35cm x 25cm tin. I made the cake itself 2 days before I needed it. For the cake I melted 2 tubs of vanilla ice cream until they were at a consistency that I could stir in my daughters favorite sweet, … Read more
I made this Dora birthday cake for my niece Lilys 3rd birthday. The idea came from the invitations and the plates. I used two 14″ circle cakes and frosted them LIGHTLY with butter cream frosting (light green on top). Next I used a leaf tip to make large leaf for the top on a wax … Read more
I prepared this Dora the explorer cake for one of my husband’s co-workers. His little girl loved Dora the Explorer. I didn’t find and buy a pan, so I decided to hand carve the cake and cover it with modeling chocolate (most children dislike the taste of fondant). I made a chocolate buttercream for her … Read more
I got inspired to make this Dora birthday cake for my daughters first birthday after seeing all of the other Dora cakes on this site. I bought four round sponge cakes from the store and cut the shape of Dora out from them using a picture that I drew from a smaller picture as a … Read more
I used a Wilton cake pan and my mother-in-laws famous chocolate cake recipe to make my sons Dora the explorer birthday cake. One trick I learned was if the cake has a lot of loose crumbs stick it in the freezer for a bit before frosting.s Dora the explorer birthday cake. One trick I learned … Read more