Making a birthday cake for your dog can seem like a complex task. Dogs cannot eat all the same foods we do and they have limitations on sweets as well. Finding a mix between a healthy and delicious birthday cake for your dog doesn't have to be a challenge. Knowing a few basic ingredients will put you well on your way to making your dog his very own birthday cake.
Cake Mix
Recipes with flour, wheat flour, wheat germ, oats, vegetable oil, cornmeal, margarine, eggs and baking powder are safe for dogs. If you are not making the cake from scratch, read the entire list of ingredients before making the cake for your dog.
Add some more nutrition for your dog with shredded carrots, chicken and bananas. To increase the drool factor with flavor you can use bacon crumbles, peanut butter and some dog kibble.
Icing
Two simple recipes for icing involve the base ingredient of yogurt. Plain vanilla yogurt is not only delicious to your dog but also makes for healthy icing. In a large bowl, mix pureed bananas or melted peanut butter with vanilla yogurt. Don't worry about making too much, leftovers can be frozen and given as a treat later. Any dog would love peanut butter ice cream with or without their birthday cake.
Dogs love chocolate but it is toxic for them to consume. Try making a fake chocolate frosting with carob. Carob tastes like chocolate but is safe for dogs to eat. Party-photo-favors.com lists this tasty recipe:
2 cups mashed banana
1 tbsp. butter
6 tbsp. powdered carob
2 tsp. vanilla
3 tbsp. unbleached flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
Beat all the ingredients thoroughly and ice your cake.
Decorating
You can also try shaping the cake with a serrated knife or spatula. Carve the cake into a bone, a pile of bones, a cat's face or even their favorite metal food dish. With the food dish cake you can freeze the yogurt flavored icing and then break it into little pieces. The cake will look like a food bowl and the icing will look like pieces of kibble.
Try adding sprinkles to your dog's cake. Mix your ingredients in a food processor to get very small pieces. Use things such as carob, dog kibble, peanut butter treats, dried bananas, carrots and pecans.
Pipe a message for your dog onto her birthday cake. Make a homemade piping bag with a sandwich bag. Put your frosting into one of the corners of the bag. Use scissors to cut a small portion of the corner off. Then squeeze the frosting out of the corner. Practice on a paper towel first to get familiar with how the frosting will come out of the bag.
Dangerous Foods
When making a cake for your dog's birthday keep this list of dangerous foods in mind. Dangerous foods can cause death, gastrointestinal complications and organ failure. Among these are alcoholic beverages, bones from meat sources, chocolate, citrus oil extracts, garlic, grapes, raisins, human vitamins with iron, large amounts of liver, macadamia nuts, dairy products, mushrooms, onions, persimmons, fruit seeds, fruit pits, green potatoes, rhubarbs, tomato leaves, tomato stems, raw eggs, raw fish, salt, string, sugary foods and yeast dough. This list does not include all dangerous foods and is not specific for each dog.
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