Dog Birthday Cake Recipe

It is a new year and your dog is bound to have a birthday sometime this year.  Cathy is sharing with us her pup, Andy’s, favorite birthday cake recipe for you to make for your furry child’s birthday party!! We have a little party for all of the pup’s in our Leash Your Fitness classes!! Why not!!?  Let us know how your party goes!!

Andy’s Birthday Cake (Adapted from The Honest Kitchen recipe)

This is a gluten free, grain free cake. Serves 12 easily.

Cake:

4 cups The Honest Kitchen Embark (also you can use Force or Zeal) dehydrated dog food

2 Tablespoons The Honest Kitchen “Ice Pups” frozen treat mix

1 c chicken broth (can also use vegetable broth or cooking water from sweet potatoes)

2 eggs

3 Tablespoons honey

1 cup yogurt (I substituted 1 c mashed cooked sweet potatoes with 1/4 c cooking water for a dairy sensitive dog)

1/2 c smashed banana chips (also can use smashed Smooches or Nuzzles cookies)

Frosting:

1 c plain greek yogurt

1 tsp honey

“Happy Hips” chicken jerky, duck jerky, or bacon bits

Mini treats

To make the cake:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Grease a 10 inch cake pan or line with baking parchment. (I like the parchment- it makes clean up easy).

Combine the dry Embark and Ice Pups mixes in a medium bowl.

In a mixer bowl, combine the 2 eggs and  1c. sweet potatoes (or yogurt) and whisk at high speed for 3 minutes. Gradually add honey and mix thoroughly. Reduce speed on mixer to slow and alternately add dry ingredients (about 1 c at a time) and broth to make a batter. Stir in the smashed banana chips (or smashed cookies). The batter will be a bit lumpy but should be relatively easy to spread in the cake pan (Ok to add a little broth or water if you need to make it spreadable). Bake the cake in the oven for 25-35 min or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool at least 10 min before applying frosting. (OK to make and let rest overnight). Flip the pan and release the cake onto a serving plate.

To make the frosting:

Whisk together the yogurt and honey. Spread smoothly over the surface of the cooled cake. Apply the strips of jerky or bacon bits and decorate with the mini treats. Serve and enjoy!

Andy getting the first taste of his cake before he shares with his friends