Last Saturday was my puppy Tobias' 3rd birthday. So he's clearly not a puppy any more but shh. He'll always be my baby husky. Puppy's birthday begged for some home-baked treats. Last year he got pupcakes, and in the interim he's had lots of puppy cookies, so it was time for something a little differ
This year he got a whole cake.
I baked him a veggie cake and filled it with cherries.
The cake ended up pretty squat, so I layered it to give it some height. I filled it with mashed potato and Tobias' favourite doggy treats: dried liver. I've seen some dog cakes layered with things like natural yoghurt or cream cheese icings, but my Tobias doesn't handle dairy well so I make his treats devoid of all dairy.
As I cut it some of the cake crumbled off so I gave it a try. I kind of tasted like a really band, unsweetened fruit cake. If not for the liver, and my sweet tooth, we totally could have shared it.
Once it was layered up I gave it a crumb coat of more mashed potato.
Then I tinted a little potato various shades of blue to make an ombre effect around the cake. I didn't get a smooth transitioning of colours as planned but the effect was kinda there.
To top it off I piped a little white potato streaked with some of the leftover blue and added some more dried liver treats to decorate.
Tobias was moderately unimpressed by my need to take photos and not just give him the cake then and there.
But puppies can’t have a whole cake to themselves, so we sung him happy birthday and sliced him a piece.
"What do you mean I only get one slice? No fair!"
"Hmm, but it does smell pretty good."
"Is that a liver treat I see?"
"Ermahgerd caaaake."
No surprises, he went straight for the liver treat before polishing off the rest of it. He gave me his bestest, saddest puppy eyes in the hope for more, but even birthday boys can only have treats in moderation. Time to work off that cake with a bike ride…
If you have a puppy with a special occasion coming up and want to treat them with something home baked, here's the recipe:
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Cherry Bomb Dog-friendly Cake |
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1 egg
1/3 cup honey 1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup shredded fruit or veg (I used half carrot and half apple) 1 cup plain or wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking soda sprinkle of nutmeg
1/2 cup canned pitted cherries, drained and roughly chopped unsalted mashed potato and dog treats to decorate |
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Download the printable version of this recipe here.
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Love the Cake! and Love the ingredients to
He’s a very lucky doggy (puppy)!
I made some pupcakes for my canine a few months ago and they were an absolute hit! He began whining for them the moment I took them out of the oven. I’d love to try this cake recipe, but sadly it’s too much for just one itty bitty kid. Maybe if I had a pup birthday party ;P
Love your blog!
so sweet! i simply love it =)
Can’t believe I only just found this. This is a fantastic idea! I have a Labrador x Blue Heeler and I just know he would demolish this if I allowed him. Only thing is he is pancreatitis dog so I would need to clear it with the vet if any of the ingredients would trigger it. Other than that, I am definitely bookmarking this 🙂
Oh, how is this for a random piece of information.. my dogs name is also Tobias, but we call him Tobi.. Tobias when he is in trouble 🙂
That is so cute! He sounds adorable. 😀
Our Tobias is always Tobias when he is or isn’t it trouble hehe. We also have to be careful with him for some foods as he’s really not good with dairy products.