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
I work a lot with chocolate when decorating cakes. For this Dora the explorer birthday cake I traced a picture from one of the books. I then used melted white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate to trace and colour in Dora on waxed paper (put waxed paper on the sketch). I mixed the white … 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
My daughter wanted a Dora cake for her 4th birthday. I used a sheet cake pan with buttercream frosting. I used the spray food color for the grass and water. Plus, a little sanding sugar for the water. I bought a play set with Dora, friends and cake. The pebbles are chocolate covered raisins and … Read more
I created this Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom Doll Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. She and her bigger sister are HUGE Dora fans and Crystal Kingdom was the latest Dora movie out at the time. So I gave it a shot. I got my inspiration from this site and much like others here, I … Read more
This Dora Cake Idea also features in the coolest Dora parties write up. I am so proud if this cake, I couldn’t bring myself to cut it up, I had to get someone else to do it!! For my little girl’s 2nd birthday, we went all out, we decked our house out as a Dora … Read more