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Dog Cake recipe for

Dozer’s birthday!
BY: Nagi PUBLISHED: 29 Apr '19 UPDATED: 13 May '21

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A dog cake recipe to celebrate Dozer’s

birthday!! A 2 layer cake frosted with fluffy
“buttercream”  ….. but it’s made with
wholesome pooch friendly ingredients!

Aren’t you just dying to know how I made

that frosting??

(Looking for Pupcakes? Here it is!)

HAp,

Dog cake for Dozer’s

birthday!
“That frosting tastes a bit odd,” grumbled
the husband of Dozer’s boarder. Can you
just imagine the pleasure she got out of
telling him he’d just eaten a DOG cake??

“Serves him right for helping himself to

anything that looks tasty” she smirked
when she told me. I was laughing so hard at
the vision, I actually snorted.

Who can blame him?? The whole point of

creating this cake was to make it look like a
real birthday cake piled high with fluffy
buttercream frosting – but with dog
friendly ingredients.

So it tastes nothing like what it looks like –

 it’s a total spin out!!

OK OK I know you’re busting to know how I

made the cake look so “real” so I won’t keep
you in suspense any longer! Here’s the
rundown:

1 Healthy dog sponge cake – it’s like a

very healthy carrot cake, very low fat,
sugar free

2 Fluffy whipped potato “frosting” –

looks just like buttercream, but it’s
pooch friendly! While we humans
wouldn’t put potato frosting on a cake,
our pooches won’t complain!  Don’t
fall for pretty looking cakes piled high
with cream cheese or other high fat or
high dairy frosting. Bad for dogs!

Healthy dog sponge cake

This is a healthy dog friendly version of

carrot cake. It’s a moist sponge that’s very
simple to make – dump and mix job – and
all the ingredients are either good for dogs,
or fine for dogs to eat in moderation. I’ve
provided some nutrition commentary on
each ingredient in the recipe below.

(PS I hope you didn’t miss that I said this is

a moist sponge. Just because it’s a dog
cake, doesn’t mean we should let our
standards slip! )

honey
peanutbutter

bakingsoda
flour

carrot oil

Dog friendly fluffy

frosting
Made with fluffy whipped mashed potato!
OK, so it’s not something you’d put on a
cake for humans – but this is for dogs
remember!

I wanted a frosting that was dog friendly

that looked just like vanilla buttercream so I
could use it for sandwiching layers, frosting
and piping. Most dog cake frosting recipes I
found use yogurt and peanut butter which
is too soft and also, too much of either of
those ingredients is not good for dogs.

Solution: whipped mashed potato!! I got

the idea from Meatloaf Cupcakes that I
shared years ago where I piped on mashed
potato swirls.

I use yogurt to give it a creamy soft

“buttercream frosting” consistency because
yogurt has probiotics in it which is good for
dogs. But water works just as well!

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potato

yogurtorwater

Look how well it works as frosting for the

cake! It’s looks almost impossibly similar to
real buttercream frosting!

Dozer’s birthday party!

A cake this good (and big ) is made to be

shared. And what better way to share it than
at an impromptu birthday party down at the
beach??

It was, as one might expect, total chaos, and

my vision of an adorable photo of all the
dogs wearing party hats sitting patiently
behind the cake just didn’t happen. (That
was total wishful thinking on my part )

Hats were swiped off within seconds of

putting them on – hence why you only see
photos of 1 dog at a time wearing a hat ,
the swarm of wet, sandy golden retrievers
around the cake was such a hazard at one
point I actually had to pick the cake up and
run away!

As for the birthday boy, the cheeky bugger

tried to get stuck into the cake before it was
even served!!

But suffice to say, it was his idea of a perfect

birthday. Beach, all his best mates, a big fat
cake. What more can a dog ask for??

Actually, the only thing different between

this day and every other day in Dozer’s life
was the presence of cake.

Happy birthday Dozer!  Another year

older, though not wiser. But I wouldn’t
change a thing about you – I love you just
the way you are! ~ Nagi x

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Dog cake recipe - with dog

friendly fluffy frosting!
Author: Nagi Prep: 15 mins Cook: 25 mins
Total: 40 mins Dog Treats Dog Food
4.99 from 92 votes

Servings 20 - 30 dogs Tap or hover to scale

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Recipe video above. A dog cake with "frosting" that

looks so impossibly real, it's been mistakenly eaten
by unsuspecting people on many occasions! Made
with dog friendly ingredients with an irresistible
peanut butter smell. Fine for humans to consume -
but it's a bit odd tasting for our palette!

Ingredients
Cups Metric

DOG BIRTHDAY CAKE:

2 eggs
1/2 cup peanut butter (spread or pure)
1/4 cup oil (canola, vegetable)
2/3 cup milk (or water)
1/3 cup honey or maple syrup (or apple sauce
or skip it)
2 1/2 cups shredded carrot (2 large)
2 cups whole wheat / wholemeal flour (or
white flour)
2 1/2 tsp baking soda

DOG FRIENDLY FLUFFY FROSTING (WHIPPED

POTATO YOGURT):
600 - 700g / 1.2 - 1.4lb potatoes , peeled, cut
into chunks
3/4 - 1 cup yogurt (plain unsweetened) or
water

Instructions
CAKE:

1 Preheat oven to 180C/350F (160C fan).

2 Grease and line the base of 2 x 20cm/8" cake
pans.
3 Whisk together eggs, peanut butter, oil,
honey and milk (little peanut butter lumps
ok).
4 Stir in carrots. Then add flour and baking
soda, stir until just combined (over mixing =
hard cake = sad birthday pooch).
5 Divide batter between the cake pans, spread
and smooth surface.
6 Bake 25 minutes or until skewer inserted into
the centre comes out clean.
7 Cool on racks. Frost per below.

DOGGIE FLUFFY FROSTING:

1 Boil, steam or microwave potato until very

soft.
2 Whip potato and yoghurt with an electric
beater until fluffy and smooth as possible
(won't go 100% smooth) - about 1 1/2 minutes
on medium speed (speed 5).
3 Use water as needed to loosen frosting to
soft spreadable consistency (like human
buttercream frosting!). Use while warm (it
"sets" when it cools).

FROST:

1 Spread 1/4 frosting on one cake.

2 Top with other cake. Frost tops and sides with
remaining frosting, reserving some to pipe
decorations if desired (3/4 cup frosting).

Recipe Notes:
1. Cake pan  - could also use a bundt pan or
one cake pan and cut the cake in half. Or a
square pan about 20cm/8".

2. Serving size - Appropriate serving size

should be determined having regard to the
health, size, activeness and digestive
sensitivities of your dog. Dozer was fine even
eating a very large slice (almost 1/8th of the
cake!). But he is a highly active dog  and has a
broad diet, he eats many things I make and
tastes almost everything I eat myself!

Do not use in place of a meal - just like with

human cakes, dog cakes are not a well
rounded nutritious meal!

3. Nutrition commentary (assumes 20 slices):

Eggs - good source of protein for dogs

Peanut butter - "treat" element, dogs are
mad for peanut butter! Gives the cake an
irresistible peanut butter smell, 2.5 tsp per
54.2k
slice
Oil - very small amount used, about 1/2 tsp
per slice ×
Milk - if you're concerned about your dog
consuming dairy, sub with water. Works out