Dora Cake

This was made from 2 9x13 cakes, trimmed down to 2 nice-sized layers.
I used the buttercream icing from baking911.com and I think it is my best batch yet. It reallly holds up well overnight and it is tasty, not greasy. One tip for using that recipe is use REAL Crisco & real butter & name brand powered sugar. (or is that 3 tips?) I've tried the same recipe with cheaper ingredients & it really doesn't look or taste as good.

I used white for the crumb coat. Yellow for the base coat. Then I trimmed it with orange, pink, purple, and green. Very colorful! I got tired of using the star tip, so i switched to this twirly one. I don't know what it is called. I think the number on it is 78 (by Wilton).

The decorations are some that I had from a store-bought cake from when Erin turned 4. Dora & Boots are in a wind-up car that will really travel along the track.