Birthday cake/treats

[Andre Mendizabal]

Hi everybody, well, finally Nala's birthday is right around the corner!!! She will be 1 on Sunday!!!! I have a picnic all set up in a park she loves so we can celebrate, I also invited a couple of her friends, so I was wondering if somebody knows a recipe of a doggie birthday cake or treats... something special that I can cook her and bring to the picnic so that all the other dogs can have a birthday treat too!!! I'm not having piñata or birthday hats... but I wil definitely sing her "happy birthday"!!! ;)

[Clair Taberner]

how about a meatloaf in the shape of a cake?

happy birthday Nala:) from poppy and amber x

[Luciann]

Well i know i probably should not have but for Frodo's birthday party we had powdered donunts, limited quantities only. But it was a treat that he normally does not get but likes anyway.

[Justine Archuleta]

Ive seen some dog cakes with milk bones on top, but I don't know what the cake was made of. I will try and look for it, but until then HAPPY BIRTHDAY NALA!!! :camera:Take lots of pictures. :cake:

[Justine Archuleta]

Found it

2 cups flour
2(6 oz.) cans Hi Protein dog food
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
4 eggs
4 tsp. baking powder
Milk- enough for batter consistency

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes in 9x13in. pan. Recipe can be "halved" for smaller cake.

[Lauren Frisbie]

You can use any basic cake recipe for humans. Just use whole wheat flour instead of white and replace the white or brown with honey. The consistency of the batter will be a little off so you might have to add a bit more water. You don't really have to be exact about anything, just make a batter and bake it til a toothpick comes out clean. Whiskey's favorite variatoin is shredded carrots and bananas, you can add any fruit. For frosting, mix softened cream cheese and some applesauce til it's the consistency of spreadable frosting. The frosting won't really be sweet, but the dogs will love it. For Whiskeys Puppy-K I made cupcakes for graduation. I spread white frosting and then I piped blue graduation hats with yellow tassels on top(tint with food coloring). They were so cute! If ya do it this way, the cake will then be edible by your two and four legged friends! Well, it might be a little bland to the two leggers...lol....but it's still yummy! Okay, good luck and let us know how the party goes! ~Lauren

[Hee Yung Lee]

That sounds like so much fun and I think it will be so cute to watch the dogs lick the frosting off the cake. I hope you can take some pictures to share with us. Have fun and happy early birthday to Nala!!

[Rebekah Hartman]

Here's a recipe from Three Dog Bakery, so if you want it fancy you got it (even has frosting) - I haven't made this, but their treats always look fabulous....

BANANA PUPCAKES (Three Dog Bakery)

2 cups water
2 bananas
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
2 tablespoons honey

Preheat oven to 350. In a bowl combine water, mashed bananas, vanilla, egg and honey. Add flour and baking powder. Mix well. Pour into cupcake pans.
(I used nonstick spray on the pans) Bake 20 min or until toothpick
inserted comes out clean.

Frosting - In a mixer combine 12 oz nonfat cream cheese, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 tsp. honey. Add 3 tsp cinnamon or carob powder, if desired.

[Rebekah Hartman]

Here's another one (can't have too many choices). Again, I haven't tried this one, either.

Birthday Cake for dogs from http://dogskitchen.com/

1 1/2 cups All-Purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. Baking powder
1/4 cup Margarine -- softened
1/4 cup Corn oil
1 Jar strained chicken
1 cup shredded carrots
3 Eggs
2 Strips bacon fried and crumbled
Plain yogurt for icing

Sift flour and baking powder together; set aside. In large bowl, cream
margarine until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food and eggs and carrots; mix
until smooth, gradually add flour and baking powder to the mixture and
blend till smooth . Pour batter into well-greased and floured 8 inch round
pan.
Bake in a preheated 325F. oven 60-70 minutes. Let cool on wire rack a few
minutes before removing from pan. Ice cake with yogurt or cottage cheese.
Add crumbled bacon bits to top of cake...and have a HAPPY Birthday party!!

[Rebekah Hartman]

Am I going to be in trouble for posting too many recipes? I've collected lots of treat recipes because I like to bake, store-bought treats are pricey (for the "natural" kind, and "baking" has zero calories if my dog eats it!

Birthday Cake for Pups

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup soft butter
1/2 cup corn oil
1 jar strained beef (baby food) -- 3.5 oz
4 eggs
2 strips dog beef jerky -- (2 to 3)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour an 8x5x3 inch loaf pan. Cream butter until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food, and eggs. Mix until smooth. Mix dry ingredients into beef mixture until batter is smooth. Crumble beef jerky and fold into batter. Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. cool on wire rack 15 minutes. Ice with plain yogurt or cottage cheese. Store uneaten cake in refrigerator.

[Rebekah Hartman]

If anyone's interested, I've got recipes for pupsicles, "brownies" and cookies, too. There's a thread in the "Dog Food" forum with lots of homemade treat recipes.

[Andre Mendizabal]

Thanks everybody, now I only have to choose which one to bake!!!! :confused: All of them sound really yummy!!! Well, we'll have five dogs in the party (counting Nala) so I think a big cake would be ok, two out of the three are large dogs (black lab and golden retriever)... I think Nala will have an awsome time...!!! :D