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Dora The Explorer Cake

January 16, 2014 *Updated* August 12, 2018 By Veena Azmanov 12 Comments

Dora the Explorer Cake

I recently made this lovely Dora The Explorer cake for a girls 3rd Birthday Celebration.
She loves Dora.. (my daughter too). I think she’s fun.

The cake inside in my Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Butter cream and homemade sugar paste. I have a video on how to make Dora, but the cake is fairly simple and straight forward but  I have a write up below on how I made the details just in case you have any questions.

The cake is an 8″ round , two layers,

For those of you that would like more details.. Here’s what I did.

  • I made Dora a couple of days ahead of time.
  • Baked, Level, tort, fill and crumb coat the cake.  (have a videos showing how to)
  • I coated the cake with more Butter cream and chilled it in the fridge.
  • Next,  I marbled blue, green and yellow fondant. But the marbling is done more in a circular direction as compared to vertical likes.
  • Once I had rolled and covered the cake with fondant I then marbled some white and blue fondant and cut out a long strip for the water.
  • I place it on the cake and surrounded it with stones. The stones again are marbled white and black fondant.
  • Next I hand painted the grass on the sides of the cake. You could also pipe the grass with Royal Icing or Butter cream
  • For the trees – I rolled logs of brown fondant. This was then split at one end to make branches.
  • The leaves are cut freehand from green sugar paste. But you could use a Lilly or similar cutter.
  • I spread a lot of blossoms in different colors and sizes all around the cake.
  • I piped grass in shades of green.
  • White Royal Icing for the water waves on the blue/white stream.

I made Dora’s map by just rolling a piece of white fondant strip then adding the details. Supported with a spaghetti.

I have a video on how to make Dora. It’s a slow version so if you choose you might be able to make her watching the video. She looks quite difficult but not really.

Watch the video below and you will see. Dora is also supported with skewers as you will see in the video below.

Dora the Explorer!!

I do hope you found the write up on the cake useful and I do hope you have fun making Dora.
You could use the same video if you were making just a girl sugar model. Just change the colors and she wont’ look Dora; trust me..!  have fun!!!

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I’ve always loved cooking, baking, and cake decorating but couldn’t afford to attend culinary schools. So, I had to learn my way through trials and errors.
Here you can find my delicious, often healthy, and practical recipes, along with instructional videos and tutorials. In addition, I provide cake decorating recipes, tutorials, and tips on how to start your own cake decorating business.
I am also a contributor to two other websites – Cake Decorating Tutorials and East Indian Recipes.

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  1. Lauren

    October 28, 2018 at 1:28 am

    Made this for my daughter. THank you for the tutorial. She loved it

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    • Veena Azmanov

      October 28, 2018 at 4:01 pm

      Thank you, Lauren. So happy you had success with this tutorial. Thank you so much for coming back to write this feedback. Have a wonderful day.

      Reply
  2. Linda Sarah Musoke

    January 08, 2015 at 8:10 am

    This is by far the best Dora the explorer cake I have come across. I am going to give it a try this weekend and I hope it comes out just as beautifully as yours. Thank you so very much Veena. You’re a sweet person. Blessings

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  3. Kavita Gandhi

    October 26, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    Hi Veena, absolutely wonderful – how does one place an order with you? Where are you located? I am in US

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  4. Kavita Gandhi

    October 26, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    Hi Veena, absolutely wonderful – how does one place an order with you? Where are you located? I am in US

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  5. Shirleide Lima

    October 24, 2014 at 6:07 pm

    Ficou perfeito… Lindo!!!

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  6. Geeta Naidu

    October 24, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Hi Veena, the cake is amazing! I wish I had these directions last year when I made a Dora cake for my daughter's 3rd birthday. My toppers were pretty much trial & error on my part 🙂

    Reply
  7. Ina Zeelie

    October 24, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    amazing love it

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  8. Ina Zeelie

    October 24, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    amazing love it

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  9. Ihenyen Gloria

    June 17, 2014 at 10:34 am

    Veena, in the cake world you are one of my special ladies. God bless you and reward you immensely for your kind heart. This cake is sure one I will do soon with your kind permission.

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  10. Judy L. Mayer

    June 16, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    I'm a newbie, and in awe of the talent Hashem has bestowed upon you. What colors do you blend for the fleshtones, they are great!

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I am also a contributor to two other websites – Cake Decorating Tutorials and East Indian Recipes.

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