Cookie Monster Cake {Sesame Street}

Quick and easy cookie monster cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. This sesame street themed chocolate cake is decorated with black and blue buttercream icing and chocolate chip cookies.

This is the perfect cake to try your hand at cake decorating. It is very beginner friendly, and results in the most adorable and goofy monster face. Any child would be thrilled to have this cake for their birthday! Cake and cookies all in one, yes please! Serve these adorable little Cookie Monster Cupcakes {Sesame Street} alongside this cake for a full blown birthday extravaganza.

How to make easy Cookie Monster cake recipe from scratch? 

1. Bake, cool, ice, and stack cakes- On a serving dish.
2. Frost cake- Smoothly in blue frosting.
3. Mark mouth area- Use a toothpick.
4. Spread black icing- In the mouth area.
5. Add blue "fur"- Using the Wilton grass tip.
6. Make eyes- Using fondant. Place near the top of the cake.
7. Add cookies- Near the mouth.
8. Pipe around the base of the cake- For neatness. Enjoy.

Key ingredients for Cookie Monster birthday cake

• Cakes- You will need 2 round 8x2 cakes.
• Frosting- Including blue buttercream, black icing, and white and black fondant.
• Cookies- Such as chocolate chip.

How to make eyes for cake?

You can use white and black fondant for the eyes. If you want to make the fondant yourself, then check out this How to Make Marshmallow Fondant (Fondant Recipe for Cakes) recipe. You can also use white and black modeling chocolate like this How to Make Modeling Chocolate {Candy Clay}. You can also just use black and white icing if that is easier for you.

What icing nozzle or piping tip to use?

I used the grass tip #233, but a small star tip can be used too- Wilton's Tip # 18 or even a small round tip- tip#10. Fill a piping bag, attach the tip, hold bag at a 45 degree angle, and squeeze the bag until icing comes out. Then gently pull away. Continue doing this until the entire cupcake is covered in icing “fur.”

Variations

Add a filling- Cookie dough would  be great such as this Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles (Eggless), or use just the cookie dough from these Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars (Eggless).

Try other cake flavors- Such as Funfetti Cake / Confetti Cake {From Scratch}, Best Vanilla Cake Recipe {From Scratch}, or Easy Rainbow Cake {With Cake Mix}.

Try other frosting flavors- Such as White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, Best Cream Cheese Frosting, or Marshmallow Frosting Recipe. Make sure to use a white frosting so that you can dye it blue.

Add more cookies in the mouth- Like it’s fully stuffed and overflowing with cookies. Guests can also enjoy 2 desserts this way. 

Make a smaller 4 inch or 6 inch cake- Because that can be used as a smash cake for kids birthdays. 

Add a body- Simply add a larger circle cake below the face, similar to my Easy Snowman Cake {Frosting & Fondant}. This will feed a large crowd!

Use other decorating options instead of piping– Use blue colored shredded coconut, blue sprinkles, blue fondant, or use modeling chocolate to decorate with that instead.

Use another cookie instead of chocolate chip ones– While I prefer the classic, you can also use cookies such as Oreos, Small Batch Peanut Butter Cookies {With Chocolate Chips}, or Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies- Soft and Chewy.

Tips and techniques

You can use homemade or store-bought black frosting- If using my homemade version, please note that it needs to be made a few days in advance to allow the color to develop and deepen.

Homemade vs. Store-bought chocolate chip cookies- either can be used. Link to my homemade ones.

Work in a cool kitchen– If your kitchen is too warm, the buttercream frosting may soften and melt, making it impossible to pipe the “fur.” Make sure to work in a cool kitchen for the best results.

Cool cupcakes completely before frosting– Because this prevents the frosting from melting and sliding right off the cupcake.

Store bought buttercream frosting vs. homemade? Either can be used. It is merely up to your flavor preference, and the amount of time you have available. However, I do prefer piping homemade buttercream.

Add a flat layer of blue frosting before piping the fur– Because this provides a base blue layer so you can’t see any bare spots, and helps the “fur” to stick better.

Use gel food coloring– Because liquid food coloring is not as vibrant. It’s also thinner and can alter the consistency of the frosting making it too thin to pipe.

Storage of homemade decorated cake

Refrigerate- In a sealed container for up to 3 days.

Freeze- I do not recommend freezing this cake with the cookies and eyes on it. Both will not thaw well. However, you can freeze this cake without the decor for up to 1 month. Then, thaw to room temperature and add the details.

More easy decorated cakes

• Easy Penguin Cake {Buttercream Icing}
• Easy Dinosaur Cake {Dino Cake}
• Easy Construction Cake {Excavator Cake}
• Easy Pig Cake {Fondant Pig Topper}
• Easy Lamb Cake {With Marshmallows}

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