Dog-friendly Birthday Cake recipe

Our pooches' birthdays and ‘gotcha’ days are a momentous occasion in any dog-parent’s calendar!

A day to smother them (even more than usual) with love, presents, treats - and even a dog safe birthday cake for the most elite of the pampered pups.

The 23rd July marks Pepper’s Birthday - our incredible Founder’s even more incredible pooch (sorry Guy). So what better time to share our recipe for a lip-smackingly good, dog-friendly birthday cake recipe?

Throw them a pawty!

Most of our furry friends are likely to have tried a pupcake or two in their lives. But having one big pawty-style cake to make them feel like royalty on their special day, is worth every bit of effort.

Singing, slicing and sharing amongst pooch pals = the recipe to success.

Throw in a pawty hat, games with friends, and all their favourite people - and it’ll be a day to remember for everyone.

Dog-friendly Birthday Cake: Step-by-step

Ready to bake the cake of dreams? Follow the recipe below from our Pooch Pack ambassador, @gsd.called.zeus :

Ingredients

Birthday Cake

• 2 eggs

• 110 g xylitol free peanut butter

• 60ml oil (salmon, coconut, olive)

• 150ml milk (or water)

• 5 tbsp honey

• 2 large shredded carrots

• 480g of wholemeal or white flour*

• 2 1/2 tsp baking soda

*As flour is usually made from wheat, use an alternative if your dog's intolerant or allergic to grains. Good options include coconut flour or almond flour.

Frosting

• 600g - 700g potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks

• 240g yogurt (plain unsweetened) or water

Instructions

Cake

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F (160C fan)

• Grease and line the base of 2 x 20cm/8” cake tins

• Whisk together eggs, peanut butter, oil, honey and milk (small peanut butter lumps are okay)

• Stir in carrots, then add flour and baking soda. Stir until just combined (over mixing = hard cake = sad birthday pooch)

• Divide batter between the cake pans, spread and smooth surface

• Bake for 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean

• Leave to cool on wire racks

Fluffy frosting

• Boil potatoes until very soft

• Whip potato and yoghurt together with an electric whisk, until fluffy and smooth as possible

• Use water as needed to loosen frosting to a soft, spreadable consistency (like human buttercream frosting!)

• Spread while warm, as it ‘sets’ when cool

Decorating

• Spread 1/4 frosting on one cake

• Top with other cake. Frost tops and sides with remaining frosting, reserving some to pipe decorations if desired

• Garnish with your dog’s favourite Pooch & Mutt products!

Pooch & Mutt toppings and fillers

You can decorate with whatever Pooch & Mutt toppings you think your pooch would love, including:

• Peanut Butter Nutty Treats

• Salmon & Fennel Meaty Treats

• ANY treats from our Meaty Treats Taster Pack

• Beef Jerky

• Fish Chews

• Dental Sticks

Don't forget to tag us on Social Media if you make this recipe, or any other dog-friendly birthday cake recipe using Pooch & Mutt products!