Happy Birthday Monster Cookie

Here's a birthday cookie in the shape of a cake. This cookie is large - 4" high. 

If you would like to make a cookie like this one, here's what you do.  You will need a cookie cutter, a small round decorating tip, a coupler, a decorating bag, a good icing recipe and a good sugar cookie recipe.  You can get decorating tips and bags at Michaels, Hobby Lobby and on-line.  For the best look, you need four color icings (three colors plus yellow or orange for the candle flame).

Decorator Bag

 

Decorator Tip #2

 

Coupler

 

Icing Colors

 

 

Here are my recipes for  the icing and sugar cookie. Both work well with this type of cookie.  The cookie is delicious and holds up under the decoration. The icing will harden but is quite edible and delicious as well.
 
Sugar Cookie:
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.  Add eggs and vanilla and beat until thoroughly combined.
In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.  Mix well.
Stir flour mixture into butter, sugar & vanilla mixture and mix.  Use mixer on slow.
Form dough balls, put in plastic container and cool in the refrigerator. 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Roll out dough, cut into shapes.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
Cool thoroughly and frost.

Sugar Cookie Icing:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
food color

Stir ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth and glossy.  If icing is thick, add more corn syrup.  Divide into four bowls and add color to each bowl.

Decorate Cookie: Once cookies are cooled off, you can begin to decorate them.  Assemble 4 icing bags, 4 couplers and at least one small round decorator tip size #2 (one tip for each color is best).  See photo above.

Start by outlining cookie with basic color - leave candle section blank - spread icing around evenly inside lines. Next: second color bag, attach clean tip and outline outside and layers of cookie so it looks like a layered cake.  Add scallops. Draw straight lines for candles with this color, leaving room for flames.  Next: third color bag, add dots.  Lastly, fourth color bag: take yellow or orange color and add candle flames (make a dot and then drag out). Let decorated cookie dry overnight or at least for several hours.

 

Put cookie in appropriate-sized cellophane bag (from Michaels); add a ribbon; add a gift tag.  By itself, this cookie is a nice little b-day gift which will be enjoyed, appreciated and remembered!