Today, Hound is SEVEN YEARS OLD!! To celebrate his birthday I obviously had to make him a cake. This recipe is similar to his Peanut Butter Pupcakes from last year, with a few small changes. It’s a very simple recipe, so it’s quite easy to tweak and adjust for missing ingredients, or your pup’s preferences!
The idea to make it paw shaped came to me on a run when I was trying to think of Valentine’s Day cake ideas, and I clocked how a paw pad is pretty similar to a heart! Add a few cupcakes for toe beans, and we have a full paw print 🙂
This is not the first time I tried piping this “frosting”, but I was still pleasantly surprised at how well it held its shape considering it’s only two ingredients! It most definitely was not perfect, but guys… this is a cake for a dog. It was fine.
Here’s a video of the decor, and some bonus footage of Hound enjoying his treat:
Happy baking!
Birthday Paw-ty Cake for Dogs
Ingredients
Pupcake
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup applesauce or one mashed banana
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Frosting
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
Instructions
Pupcake
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease and line one small heart shaped pan (or one 6" round cake pan), and 5 wells of a cupcake pan.
- Add all the wet ingredients (oil, peanut butter, pumpkin puree, and egg) to a bowl and whisk until smooth.
- Add the flour and baking soda, and mix with a spatula until just combined.
- Place a heaping tablespoon of batter into each of the 5 cupcake liners, then pour the remaining batter into the cake pan.
- Bake for approximately 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cupcakes/cake comes out clean.
- Allow the cake and cupcakes to cool for at least 30 minutes before frosting.
Frosting
- Add the yogurt and peanut butter to a bowl, and stir until combined and smooth. Optionally, separate this into two bowls and add a touch more peanut butter to one bowl, to give yourself varying shades to work with!
- Spread the icing over the cakes, and let your pup dig in!
Notes
- I don’t recommend feeding this entire cake to your dog in one sitting!! Hound is a big boy (80 pounds) and I still only let him have 1 cupcake – or the equivalent amount of cake – with each meal. If you have a little one, consider scaling this down.
- Feel free to replace the applesauce with 1 mashed ripe banana. You can also replace the pumpkin puree with applesauce or a mashed ripe banana. Basically, you just need 1 cup total of mushy fruits/vegetables!
- This cake can be stored in the fridge for up to a week, or you can freeze it for up to 3 months.
