Monster in the Closet

I love this design because it makes me laugh! One wonders whom to root for in this scene: do we root for the poor, helpless cookie, scared in bed? Or do we root for the lovable Cookie Monster hiding in the closet? We all know and love Cookie Monster, and know his voracious appetite for cookies! The poor cookie is being attacked, so I wanted the cake to be an homage to poor cookies everywhere. It is a chocolate cake with cookie dough filling, 2 tiers. The boarder around the 8 inch tier is mini chocolate chip cookies. The frosting is Italian Butter Cream, and the components are made of Chocolate modeling clay, as I am not a fan of fondant.
Making this cake took a long time. It took a few hours to make the components. It took quite a bit longer to make the cake, filling, and frosting for the cake. The cake was completed after a weekend of working on it.
First I made the components from the chocolate modeling clay: the wall of the room, Cookie's bed and bedposts, the night stand and lamp, the window scene, and the door with Cookie Monster's arm, and of course Cookie Monster's googly eyes. The chocolate chip cookies for the border and the cookie in bed came next. Then I made the chocolate cakes, and the cookie dough filling.. Then I put the cake together. There are straw supports in the first tier to hold up the second tier, and toothpicks in the taller bedposts. Otherwise, the cake is completely edible.
After assembling the scary scene on the top tier, I used frosting and food coloring to paint the shadows, and Cookie's floor. I used luster dust to shine light on to the bed and lamp from the moonlit window. Then I used a plastic/piping bag (a baggie with a hole cut in it) to pipe the cookie's scared face, and the door details. Then I used the same type of piping bag to create the "Coreli Lace" on the top of the first tier, and I wrote "C is for Cookie", in honor of Cookie Monsters big hit from Sesame Street.
Once the cake design was completed, I frosted the cake board with blue frosting, and I used a fork to give it a hairy texture, to match the hairy arm of Cookie Monster.
After the cake was completed, I invited my friends to join me for "Cake Night", in order to consume the cake. I think the photographs are proof that everyone enjoyed the cake, and there was hardly any left overs from the event! I hope that others enjoy the cake story as much as I enjoyed making the cake and eating it!