Zhu Zhu Pet Cake

Zhu Zhu Pet cake!

For my daughter's birthday I ended up making 2 cakes... 1 for her birthday party and one for her actual birthday.  This cake was great to make ahead because we were so busy the few days before her birthday.  I made the zhu zhu decoration ahead of time and just stored it in a ziploc.  To make the zhu zhu decoration I printed out a zhu zhu pet that I liked, put wax paper overtop (or any other 'paper' that is see through and candy melts will not stick to), paint candy melts on the picture, let harden and then store in ziploc.  Since you flip the picture to put it on the cake, you need to remember that you will end up with a mirror image of the original picture! When I was ready I just made a circular cake, iced it and then put on the zhu zhu decoration.  It is my friend Michelle of easycakeideas.com that helped me learn how to make pictures out of candy melts and/or chocolate.  So easy but you can make amazing pictures for your cakes!

The original picture

Black, dark pink and white candy melts painted on

Covered in light pink candy melts

The final product

You end up with a mirrored image, just place on top of iced cake!

Diane

Zhu Zhu Pet Cake Pops

Zhu Zhu Snowcup Cake Pop

I am not totally happy how these came out, I kind of think they look like cat cake pop but I tried (and my daughter liked them).  I think I would shape the cake pop a little different if I ever make Zhu Zhu cake pops again.  If you want to know how to make cake pops, check out bakerella.com, her site is amazing with lots of ideas and a step by step about how to make cake pops.  I used strawberry cake for these pops because that is what my little 'princess' asked for.  I used basic pink candy melts and the white ones for the nose.  The ears were yogurt covered raisins cut in half, the eyes were mini M & M's and the nose was a bright pink paper candy.  A big hit with everybody.  Cake pops are a favourite of many people.

Diane

Zhu Zhu Pet Rice Krispie Treats

When I ordered the 3-D cake pan to make the Zhu Zhu pet cake it came with a tray of mini eggs..... the perfect size for a little Zhu Zhu pet rice krispie snack.  Who doesn't love rice krispie treats??????  I am not going to tell you how to make rice krispie treats but I do suggest that you increase the amount of marshmallows that a lot of recipes say, the 'gooier' the better:)  For my krispie treats I added pink food colouring since I was making Snowcup but you could add any colour food colouring to make any of the Zhu Zhu's.  All you do is make the krispie treats and place some of the treats in each of the 'eggs'.  It is perfect size for the Zhu Zhu body.  I did spray the tray before putting the treats in because I did not want them to stick.  After you have the little bodies formed just add the face.  For the white 'mask' I used melted white chocolate and then put on a bright pink paper candy for the nose.  The eyes are mini M & M's and the ears were yogurt covered raisins (cut in half) that were 'glued' on with chocolate.  Another simple, yet cute, snack!  You could add more details like feet and tail if you want but I decided not to add those details on these treats.

Diane

Zhu Zhu Pet Pretzel Snacks

I had to get very creative for my daughter's birthday party.  Zhu Zhu pet snacks are not easy to find.  My kids had been snacking on these yogurt covered pretzels and an idea came to my mind.... Zhu Zhu pretzels.  I bought the pre-made yogurt covered pretzels but you could cover them yourself with candy melts or chocolate!  I just placed the pretzels on a cookie tray and melted white chocolate and put a dab in the 'holes' of the pretzel and then just brushed it over to make the white mouth.  I then placed a bright pink paper candy for the nose.  Jelly beans were too big to use.  For the eyes I put a dab of melted chocolate on the back of a black round cake confetti piece and 'glued' it to the pretzel.  Melted chocolate makes GREAT edible glue.  For the ears, I had small heart cake confetti pieces and 'glued' them on upside down to make ears.  I tried to put whiskers on with angel hair pasta but the faces were too small and it just made them look like cats.  VOILA... a zhu zhu pet party snack.  This was the kid's favourite at the party.

Diane

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