Dora The Explorer Cake

A Dora the Explorer cake is a great idea for a child’s birthday party. There are several different ways you can make and decorate a beautiful cake. For example, there are a large number of cake decorating kits available to make decorating a Dora the Explorer themed cake quick and easy. Each kit is different but they most commonly offer cake toppers of Dora, Boots and other Dora the Explorer characters as well as tips on how to decorate the cake.

Dora Shaped Cakes

You can also make a cake that is a picture of Dora using Dora the Explorer cake pans in the shape of Dora. To use these pans, you simply pour in the cake batter and bake it. When it has cooled, you can use icing to color it in and draw on the details.

If you do not want to use a cake pan, but do want a cake shaped like Dora, you can make your own by baking two rectangular cakes, cutting pieces out of those cakes and putting them together to look like Dora. Once you cover it with frosting, nobody will be able to see the individual pieces. Freezing the cake will make cutting shapes easier. Follow the details of a picture of Dora and decorate.

Here are the Wilton Dora cake instructions.

Head Shaped Cakes

If you want a cake that just looks like Dora’s head, there are options for that too. You can print a picture of how you want the cake to look and use that as a template. Tracing the picture onto wax paper and then transferring it to the cake is the easiest way to do this.

Once you’ve transferred the traced image to the cake, you can fill in the details with icing. To frost Dora’s skin, you can use chocolate and vanilla icing mixed together. It is best to experiment beforehand to get the correct ratio.

To make her eyes, you can use vanilla wafers frosted white and chocolate candy for the pupil. Instead of drawing on her mouth with icing, you can use a fruit roll-up cut into the shape of her mouth. To make the stripes in Dora’s hair, you can run a toothpick or fork through chocolate icing.

More Dora Cake Ideas

dora the explorer cake photo

Find a printed picture such as the one above that you can trace onto waxed paper and transfer to your cake. Paint the image using these directions.

Check out Nick Jr's Dora Cake Ideas.

Use our star cake decorating pattern to add images to your Dora cake.

Cupcakes

If you want to make cupcakes instead of a Dora the Explorer cake, you can draw pictures of Dora’s face on top of cupcakes using icing. You can also buy the Dora the Explorer cupcake stand to hold the cupcakes as well as Dora the Explorer cupcake liners.

There are also pre-made Dora the Explorer icing decorations available for sale that would look great on cupcakes. You can also put a cake topper with a different Dora the Explorer character on each cupcake. This way, each child gets a different topper and they can have fun trading with each other.

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