My 2 year old granddaughter saw a cake similar to this Dora Birthday Cake Idea at Walmart and fell in love. I searched the internet to find the toppers and it came up 16-$18.00 everywhere online so I went back to Walmart and asked if they could sell me the toppers. Not thinking that they … Read more
I used two tiers of cake for this Dora birthday cake; an 8-inch base with a 6-inch top. The figures are chocolate transfer figures. The palm trees, flowers, ladybugs etc. are cut out fondant.
My daughter is Dora mad. I saw all the pictures of the Dora the Explorer cakes here and decided I would do something a bit different. I started by making two 8″ round cakes, cut them and stuck them to look a bit like a mountain. I covered the cake and cake board with green … Read more
This Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake I made for my daughter’s second birthday. As many little girls, she is taken with Dora and since we bought her a Dora toddler bed for her big birthday, I made this cake as well. Since our older son has his birthday 7 days prior, I also made him … Read more
The cake base was baked in a deep 1/2 sheet pan used to make coffee cakes and available at restaurant supply stores. 2 layers of 1/2-sheet pans would also work to give you a large cake for the Dora birthday cake scene. The figures were from a Dora set. The candy path Dora and Boots … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. She requested a Dora cake. I decided to go with a scene and just add Dora figurines because I was unable to get any food coluring to make black in my small town. I baked two 9×13 chocolate cakes and made my own … Read more
Here’s the Dora & Boots Birthday Cake I made for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I can throw a bash for 40 -50 people, no problem, but I’m not a very experienced baker and this was only the 2nd decorated birthday cake I’ve ever made! I was so stressed about finding a good cake recipe that … 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 cut out the characters from a separate cake. I printed pics from the internet and used wax paper to transfer the lines to my cake. I used the star tips for all of them.
My two year old loves Dora so that seemed like a great idea for a party. I searched this site for just the perfect cake and found several I loved. I decided to do a Dora scene birthday cake. I took ideas from several cakes I saw here and created this. The base is a … Read more
I wanted this to be a party at the house of Dora the Explorer (a house with all my daughters favorite characters there). The Dora the explorer house is a two layer rectangular cake with the roof being another cake cut and pieced together to make the triangle. The roof tiles are orange candy melts … Read more
The Dora cake that I had made was the first birthday cake I had ever made. My daughter who was having her third birthday, had asked me to please make her cake. I did buy the box cake mix and also the already made icing. I started by baking the cake and cup cakes the … Read more