Okkie monster!!

Why: A friend of my sister asked if I could make a cookie monster cake for her little one's birthday.

What: My sisters friend has a gluten allergy so I'm going to be perfectly honest and admit that I totally cheated and used a gluten free box mix for the cake. I'm great with making gluten free brownies and meringues but gluten free cakes and bread are still foreign to me. The cake was a yellow cake with real vanilla bean, the filling was chocolate mousse and the frosting was vanilla buttercream. It took a lot of food coloring to get close to the right shade of blue and I hope it didn't turn her kids face into a blueberry! The eyes were cupcakes that I cut into a dome shape (because really, a giant blob of frosting for the eyes just repulsed me) and the pupils were unsweetened chocolate pistoles. With the extra batter I made cupcakes and what I didn't use for the eyes I made into little cookies.