Zhu Zhu Pet Cake

Princess Snowcup

Her Face

So, my daughter wanted a Zhu Zhu Pet birthday party.  I thought that it would be easy because Zhu Zhu's are a huge rage right now.  Unfortunately, there are not a lot of ideas out there for Zhu Zhu pet snacks or Zhu Zhu pet fun foods.  Thanks to "The Party Animal" blog I found directions to make a Zhu Zhu Pet cake.  The directions were for Mr Squiggles and my daughter wanted Zhu Zhu Princess Snowcup so I took the basic directions for Mr Squiggles and then changed it up to make Princess Snowcup.  You will need a 3-D egg cake pan and one cake mix.  Check out The Party Animals blog

Snowdrops Back Designs

(http://www.thepartyanimal-blog.org/how-to-make-a-zhu-zhu-pet-birthday-cake/) for more detailed directions but check out my pictures for Snowcup.  I used a pink jelly bean for the nose, black jelly beans for the eyes, angel hair pasta for the whiskers and I used saltwater taffy for the ears, feet and tail.  WARNING... do not use the saltwater taffy too early, it will lose its' shape, decorate with the saltwater taffy right before you are ready for the party.  For the designs on the back of Snowdrop, I just used candy melts and I 'paint' the design on parchment paper and transfer onto the cake.  Icing this cake

Zhu Zhu's Little Tail

is so easy because you do not want it to be smooth, you want texture.  Since I am not a baker I did use boxed cake and pink and white icing from a jar.  I do not pride myself on my baking skills, unfortunately!

My daughter was of course thrilled with the results and I think that she looks pretty cute too.  You can do this, even if you do not feel confident, I have never thought of myself as a cake maker but this one worked out pretty well!

Diane