First, make the fur. Crush the lollipops until they are a very fine powder. Placing these in a food processor is a great way to do this. Add some black food colouring to the crushed coffee candies, and mix well. The crushed candies won’t look very different in colour, but you will see a difference when making the fur.

Using a cotton candy maker, follow the directions to make cotton candy using the coffee, chai and green tea sugars. The coffee candies will give you grey coloured fur, the chai will give you blonde fur, and the green tea will give you white fur. Gently place the fur on plates and set them aside.

To carve the cake, carve one loaf into a rounded rectangle, to make the body. Slice the second loaf in half, carving one half into a sphere for the head. Carve the tail, ears, nose and 4 feet out of the second half of the loaf. Use toothpicks to attach all of the pieces to the cake, making sure to place the tail on top of the back on the Pomeranian, instead of pointing outwards. This is because Pomeranians typically hold their tails in an upright position.

Spread a thin layer of vanilla buttercream over the entire cake, to create a crumb coat. This will catch all of the excess crumbs, so that the final coating of buttercream doesn’t have any crumbs stuck in it.

Then spread a thicker layer of buttercream over the entire cake. Begin to stick the cotton candy fur onto the buttercream, creating any markings or patterns of your choice with the different colours of fur. Personally, I love cream sable-coloured Pomeranians, so I added a bit of grey fur onto the back of the Pomeranian and the bottom of its feet. Use the lightest colour fur for the bum, ear and face area of the Pomeranian, to give the cake dimension and a realistic fur pattern.

Stick two chocolate chips onto the dog’s face as its eyes, and one as its nose. Slice a small pink marshmallow in half, and attach it, sticky side down, to the cake to act as the dog’s tongue. If you like, you can stick a pink candy heart onto the dog’s rear end to make its bum.