How to make a super fun Cookie Monster Cake!

As a baking enthusiast, I decided to donate some of my cakes to Cake4Kids, an organization that allows bakers to bake cakes for underprivileged children in the Bay Area. A sweet little girl requested a Sesame Street cake, and my heart immediately screamed COOKIE MONSTER!

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Crumb Coat

Since I was going to cover this cake in fur, I decided to double my crumb coat as my undercoat. I would highly suggest matching your crumb coat to your fur to avoid having little areas without fur sticking out. My crumb coat was a little lighter than my fur, so I had to be extra careful about not having any open spots.

For this cake, I decided to use my American Buttercream recipe for the frosting. For the fur, I would recommend sticking to an American Buttercream, but for the inside of the cake and the crumb coat, feel free to use any frosting you want!

The only reason I suggest using an American Buttercream for the fur is because American Buttercreams are typically stiffer than other frostings. The stiffness will help keep the fur from falling overtime.

Once your crumb coat is complete, pop your cake in the freezer for about 10-20 minutes.

Mouth

To make it easier to pipe the mouth on the cake, I used a cookie scriber to outline the mouth beforehand.

Using Wilton’s #4 Round Tip, I first piped the outline of the mouth and then filled in the rest. I used my small angled spatula to smooth out the frosting.

Fur

To pipe Cookie Monster’s fur, I used a grass tip. Typically I like to use metal piping tips, but I realized last minute I only had a plastic grass tip.

When piping on a cake, I like to start from the back of the cake. This makes it easy to hide any mistakes you make in the beginning.

One of my biggest tips is to put a small amount of frosting in the piping bag, and to refill as needed. If you put a lot of frosting in the piping bag from the beginning, you’ll work the frosting as you pipe which will change the consistency of the frosting.

Adding fur to an entire cake takes patience and stamina! Don’t rush your piping. Take your time!

Eyes

As we all know, Cookie Monster has googly eyes. I rolled out two balls with white fondant and added small black fondant circles I cut using a circle cookie cutter.

In order to make this cake as realistic as I could, I added the eyes lopsided.

For fondant, I like to use Satin Ice Fondant. It is a little more pricey than the Wilton Fondant, but I like the texture of Satin Ice better and find it a little better tasting.

Cookies

And of course, Cookie Monster isn’t complete until we have some COOKIES!!

I cut a few chocolate chip cookies in half and added them to the circumference of the cake. I also put a cookie in Cookie Monster’s mouth.

I like to use Chips Ahoy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. I have an easier time breaking them and inserting them into cakes than the regular Chocolate Chip Cookies.