Dog Birthday Cake Recipe - How to Make a Dog Cake the Easy Way (2024)

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Wondering how to make a dog cake? This dog birthday cake recipe is super easy…made with only a handful of everyday ingredients, and dogs love it!

This dog birthday cake recipe is safe for your dogs as it is made with real food and the main ingredients are carrots and peanut butter…two of our favorite treats to give our furry friends!

After baking, I simply spread peanut butter on top of the dog cake as icing and decorate with some dog food 🙂

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Last week was my dog’s birthday! Happy Birthday Bronx!

Like many of you, our pets are truly part of our family so just like we would do for anyone else, we had a little birthday celebration complete with his very own dog birthday cake 🙂

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How to Make a Dog Cake

Making this dog birthday cake was so easy and inexpensive…and both of our dogs love it! They definitely learned a new word, “cake,” over the few days that it lasted.

To get started, I mixed the flour and baking soda together in a large bowl.

Then I added the peanut butter, vegetable oil, grated carrots, vanilla, honey, and egg to the bowl.
I know some readers have expressed concern over using vegetable oil in the recipe. If you would rather use coconut oil, that should work too. You would use the same amount (1/4 cup) of coconut oil.

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I just mixed all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon. No need to break out the mixer 😉

Once all the ingredients were combined I simply poured the batter into an 8″ greased cake pan and baked at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

No cake is complete without icing! What’s better than more peanut butter for the perfect dog cake icing?! So we spread some peanut butter on the top and added our dog’s initial with dog food for a fun decoration.

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Ingredients Needed for This Dog Birthday Cake Recipe

  • Flour
  • Baking Soda
  • Peanut Butter
  • Vegetable oil
  • Fine grated carrots
  • Vanilla
  • Honey
  • Egg

Helpful Kitchen Tools for Your Dog Birthday Cake

While the recipe is completely edible and safe for humans, you might want to skip the dog food decorations if you plan on enjoying a piece of cake with your pooch.

Or you can be like my daughter and just eat around the dog food. I found her licking the peanut butter off the top and she said, “What? I stayed away from the dog food.”

Yield: 8 servings

Dog Birthday Cake Recipe

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Celebrate your dog's birthday with their very own Peanut Butter Carrot birthday cake!

Prep Time5 minutes

Cook Time30 minutes

Total Time35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter, + additional for icing
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 egg

Instructions

  1. Mix the flour and baking soda together then add peanut butter, vegetable oil, shredded carrots, vanilla, honey, and egg.I simply combined them using a wooden spoon...no mixer necessary.
  2. Pour into a greased 8" round cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
  3. Cool and spread additional peanut butter on the top for icing.

Notes

I only had a 9" round cake pan so I used that. It won't need to bake quite as long since you'll have a thinner layer so check around 20 minutes to see if it's baked. When a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean you're good to go.

Adapted from This That and More

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FAQs

What can I make for my dogs birthday? ›

Peanut Butter & Banana Dog Cake

This is a delicious little recipe that makes a great cake or little side cake that your pup will love. Just mix mashed banana, peanut butter, honey, and oats for the batter. Then, bake in an oven-safe, dog-friendly cake tin or casserole dish until golden brown.

What is in dog birthday cake? ›

Made with simple ingredients like pumpkin, greek yogurt, and peanut butter, your pup will love this dog birthday cake recipe too! Celebrate your furry best friend with this easy Dog Birthday Cake!

What frosting is safe for dogs? ›

There are actually many frosting recipes that are safe for dogs. We chose a simple one with plain Greek yogurt as the main ingredient because it contains healthy probiotics, plus tapioca starch, which helps the icing harden. You'll get about one cup of frosting — and it only takes five minutes to prep!

What human food can I give my dog for his birthday? ›

Snacks You Already Have At Home
  • Broccoli, cooked or raw.
  • Carrot chopped into bite sizes.
  • Celery.
  • Green beans, canned or fresh.
  • Peas.
  • Sweet potato, cooked and skinless.

What cake ingredients can dogs eat? ›

Our expert bakers at Jack & Beyond have even created a whole range of baked treats for dogs including a special doggie Birthday Cake! These are made with natural ingredients like eggs, carrots, peanut butter and bananas that are easily digestible for dogs and contribute to a healthy and balanced diet.

Is any cake safe for dogs? ›

If the cake does not contain chocolate, it is not toxic for dogs. However, cake contains unhealthy ingredients like sugar, fats, and wheat that are not optimal for a dog's health. At best, they're simply empty calories, and at worst, could trigger allergies or indigestion.

Which cake flavor is best for dogs? ›

Natural Peanut butter

Peanut butter is loved by all dogs! This gives the cake a delicious flavor that your dogs will love. Make sure you use 100% natural peanut butter, preferably unsalted.

What flour is best for dog cake? ›

Dog treats made with flour can provide your pet with vitamins, nutrients, and fiber to support their digestive system. Whole wheat flour, oat flour, almond flour, and chickpea flour are popular types of flour for homemade dog treats.

Can I use regular flour for dog cake? ›

In general, we recommend staying away from all purpose flour for your dog. It's not going to hurt them in small amounts, but it just doesn't have the nutritional value that you can get from other kinds of flour.

How do you make fluffy dogs? ›

Groomers blow your dog's coat dry to achieve that ultra-fluffy look that's full of body. They use special dryers built for treating pets. Groomers also use particular products that help with the drying process but also leave the coat in wonderful condition, and now you can use them, too!

What is the difference between dog cake and human cake? ›

So what goes into a doggy birthday cake? For starters, no sugar should be present in canine baked goods. Although the sweet stuff isn't actually poisonous for them, it's really not good for dogs and they don't need it in their diet so birthday cakes for dogs should be sugar-free.

Can I give my dog shapes? ›

Shapes may be fed at any time of the day as a treat, reward or as a tasty addition to your dog's main meal. Use the feeding instructions as a general guide to the requirements of a healthy, active dog. Please adjust the main meal accordingly. Supervise your dog when giving him/her the treat.

Can I give my dog cake for his birthday? ›

Unfortunately this is generally a bad idea as many ingredients found in cakes for humans can cause severe illness in our canine friends. One problem is the high sugar content found especially in supermarket bought cakes.

What dessert can I give my dog for his birthday? ›

Dog-Friendly Desserts:
  • Anything including peanut butter - Your pup will gobble these up! ...
  • Sweet Potatoes.
  • Pumpkin flavored cakes and cookies.
  • Fruit popsicles (blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, bananas, raspberries, etc.)
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Do dogs see us as parents? ›

It's hard to say whether your dog understands this as a parent/child relationship. But lots of dogs sure act like we're their mom or dad. For instance, some dogs see us as a "secure base," which is a phrase used to describe the relationship between an infant and their parent.

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