by Party Pinching
This Sea Otter Cookie Cake has layers of chocolate chip cookie dough and ocean blue buttercream topped with a cute little fondant sea otter on top!
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My oldest son had a haircut when he was younger that made him look like an adorable sea otter! We nicknamed him sea otter and he has embraced that name! For his birthday I wanted to make him a cake with a fondant sea otter on top, but he doesn’t like cake. I KNOW, RIGHT? So instead I make him a mini cookie cake. It is a perfect celebration treat for someone who prefers cookies!
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You will need:
- Chocolate fondant
- White fondant
- Black fondant
- Green fondant
- Blue buttercream (click here for the best buttercream recipe)
- White buttercream
- White pearl sprinkles
- Disposable piping bags
- D2 piping tip
- #14 piping tip
- Black food writing pen
- 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking soda & salt in a small bowl. Beat butter, sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs and beat until combined. Mix in chocolate chips by hand. Grease 3 mini springform pans with cooking spray and press in cookie dough about 3/4 full. Bake for about 20 minutes or until dough is golden brown.
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Pipe frosting on top of 2 layers and stack the cookies.
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Place blue and white buttercream in a piping bag using the D2 tip and pipe rosettes on the top of the top cookie. Then with a piping bag filled with blue buttercream and the #14 piping tip, pipe on small stars around the edge of the top cookie.
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Roll out 2 large ovals using the chocolate fondant for the head and body and 6 round balls of fondant for they ears, and legs the size of peas. Make a small tail as well.
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Combine white and chocolate fondant to make a nice tan color. Roll out a small oval and attach on the stomach of the otter using a little water. Make little round eyes and an small oval nose out of black fondant. Attach eyes, nose, ears, legs and tail using a little water.
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Place a pearl sprinkle in between the paws of the otter.
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Using a black food marker, make whiskers.
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Roll out small green oval fondant and twist for seaweed. Attach to side of cake.
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Now you have an adorable sea otter cookie cake!
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Bake regular cookies with the remaining cookie dough by dropping rounded tablespoon on a cookie sheet and baking until golden brown about 9-11 minutes.
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Adorable Sea Otter Cookie Cake made from chocolate chip cookie dough and a topped with a cute fondant sea otter!
Ingredients
- Chocolate fondant
- White fondant
- Black fondant
- Green fondant
- Blue buttercream (see PartyPinching.com for the best buttercream recipe)
- White buttercream
- White pearl sprinkles
- Disposible piping bags
- D2 piping tip
- #14 piping tip
- Black food writing pen
- 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine flour, baking soda & salt in a small bowl.Beat butter, sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy.Add eggs and beat until combined.Mix in chocolate chips by hand.Grease 3 mini springform pans with cooking spray and press in cookie dough about 3/4 full.Bake for about 20 minutes or until dough is golden brown.
Pipe frosting on top of 2 layers and stack the cookies.
Place blue and white buttercream in a piping bag using the D2 tip and pipe rosettes on the top of the top cookie.Then with a piping bag filled with blue buttercream and the #14 piping tip, pipe on small stars around the edge of the top cookie.
Roll out 2 large ovals using the chocolate fondant for the head and body and 6 round balls of fondant for the ears, and legs the size of peas.Make a small tail as well.
Combine white and chocolate fondant to make a nice tan color. Roll out a small oval and attach on the stomach of the otter using a little water.Make little round eyes and an small oval nose out of black fondant.Attach eyes, nose, ears, legs and tail using a little water.
Place a pear sprinkle between the paws of the otter.
Using a black food marker, make whiskers.
Roll out small green oval fondant and twist for seaweed.Attach to side of cake with frosting and place pearl sprinkles on top of the cake!
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