Dora Cakes

Dora cakes are a little girl's favorite. Dora the Explorer is a popular cartoon character who goes on many adventures - some of which are expressed in these cakes.
Below, you'll also find cakes featuring her friend, Diego, who tags along on most of her adventures.
Dora the Explorer |
![]() I cooked mine in a pyrex bowl but you could buy a dolly varden tin from a cake shop. Once the cake is baked, turned out and cooled, you simply cut a hole in the top center and place a Dora doll in it. Then you ice it, I used ready made frosting and colored it pink. A few little flower decorations around the bottom and hey presto it's done! |
Decorated by Deborah Kres from Nowra, NSW, Australia |
Dora Fairytale Princess Cake |
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Decorated by Melissa from Queensland, Australia |
Second Birthday Dora Cake |
Pink, Purple, Orange, Yellow, and Green Marshmallow fondant. 2 layers and 12 cupcakes. |
Decorated by Sara from Sumrall |
Dora Cake |
From gum paste made Dora, boots, back pack and little flowers. The stars where made ahead of time dried and put on wire. |
Decorated by Livia Sendrea Van Heusen from Schenectady, NY |
Dora the Explorer |
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Decorated by Rosa Lindlock from Malaysia |
Mermaid Dora Cake |
![]() Her clothes and fin was covered by fondant icing that I colored individually. Her crown was also made using fondant icing with gems that I purchased at a local craft store - which had adhesives on the back of each (non-edible). Her fin I carefully used tints of blue and green and mixed until I got the fin color in a spiral effect, (I tried a small amount first to get the color I was looking for). I then used a thin layer of buttercream icing on the cake before placing the fondant icing on to identify each portion of her body. All together from start to finish, including cooking each cake it took approximately 8 hours. I used 4 boxes of cake mix and one whole box of ready mixed fondant-white. The cake was inspired by my niece who was turning four and is a fan of Dora Explorer. |
Decorated by Kimberly from Idaho |
Diego Cake - Dora's Friend |
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Cake decorated by Christee Mason from Nacogdoches, Texas |
Go Diego Go |
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Cake decorated by Jodi from Georgia |
Diego Cake |
I inserted three wooden dowels in the bottom cake to support one half of a cake separator that I placed between the lower full circle of cake and the upper half circle of cake for additional support. I purchased palm trees, desert grass, animals, Diego figurine, and compass from my local Cake Supply store. I covered the cake with butter cream frosting, with forest green food coloring gel. I didn't try to make the frosting smooth on the cake. I used piping gel, with sky blue food coloring gel added, to create the waterfall effect and small candy rocks around the edge of the water. I used a grass and leaf tip for foliage. |
Cake made by Tammy Bowen from Glendale, AZ |
If you decorated any Dora cakes, please submit them to our gallery.
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