7 Birthday Cake Recipes for Dogs

Translated by Nick R

You’re probably reading this because you love celebrating with your dog on his or her birthday. After all, pets are part of the family so why not prepare something delicious for them outside the daily menu?

Here I’ll share with you 7 easy recipe options to bake a delicious birthday cake for your canine.

Is cake harmful to our dogs’ health? 

The cake is not going to be a regular meal for your pooch, as it can provide a lot of calories and won’t feed him well. Rather, they are a treat that we’ll give him from time to time (personally I only do it on my dog’s birthday) and as they are special for dogs, they won’t contain any harmful food.

However, some canines might be allergic or intolerant to some foods, so if your dog cannot digest any of the foods I am going to use in these recipes, you can replace them or omit them.

Ingredients you should NOT include 

Of course, and as you may already know, certain ingredients must not be fed to dogs since they are potentially harmful to their health. These recipes contain none of them, but I’m going to name them so you can avoid them.

• Chocolate: thanks to theobromine (a chocolate compound related to caffeine), chocolate can be very toxic and cause vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, and can even cause your dog’s death.
• Citrus fruits: due to the citric acid and essential oils of fruits such as oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, or lemons, they can cause irritation and damage your canine’s stomach.
• Grapes: these are highly toxic to dogs and can cause kidney failure and poisoning.
• Onions and garlic: these contain a compound called N-propyl disulfide that damages red blood cells and can cause anemia.
• Nuts: the amount of fat causes weakness, tremors, muscle control difficulties, depression, pancreatitis, and vomiting, especially macadamia nuts are quite toxic to canines, but other nuts and almonds can also be harmful.
• Salt: large amounts of salt can cause kidney malfunction, increased blood pressure, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, seizures, and death.
• Seeds or fruit pits: these contain cyanide and can be very toxic to the canine.

Ingredients you CAN give to your canine 

Here I’ll list the ingredients that you can include in your regular preparations, you can even add them to the recipes that I will give later on.

These are ingredients that you can use to prepare cakes or pies, and even cookies and snacks:

• Banana.
• Carrot.
• Oatmeal.
• Natural or Greek yogurt.
• Apple (without seeds).
• Pear (without seeds).
• Pumpkin.
• Meat.
• Chicken.
• Eggs.
• Honey.
• Olive oil.

Chicken and carrot cake 

Animal protein, like chicken, is excellent for canines considering that they are facultative carnivores, meaning that their diet needs to be based on animal protein and a small percentage of fruits and vegetables, which is where carrots come in.

Carrots have many benefits for dogs:

• Provides them with energy.
• Helps the intestinal flora.
• Is an excellent snack for overweight dogs.

Ingredients 

• 100 gr of chopped chicken.
• 1 carrot.
• 2 tablespoons of brown rice flour.
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
• 2 tablespoons of oatmeal.
• 1 beaten egg.
• 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• ¼ cup vegetable milk.
• 1 teaspoon yeast.
• Butter that is unsalted and unsweetened.

Utensils:

• Bowl or cup.
• Grater.
• Cake mold.
• Mixer.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. In a bowl or cup, whisk the eggs, the 2 tablespoons of rice flour, the 2 tablespoons of oatmeal, and the ¼ of milk.
3. Then add the chopped chicken to the mixture, you can cook it a little to eliminate any bacteria that may be present.
4. Grate the carrot and mix it in the bowl or cup. Then add the remaining ingredients: 1 teaspoon of baking soda, the tablespoon of olive oil, and the teaspoon of yeast until you have a homogeneous dough.
5. Next, you take the cake mold and grease it with butter, then pour the mixture into it and put it in the oven.
6. After 20 minutes you can check if it is ready by introducing a knife. If it comes out wet, it means that it is not ready yet, and if it comes out dry, it means it is perfect.
7. Serve your canine his birthday cake for him to enjoy.

Carrot cake 

As I said before, carrots are an excellent vegetable for our furries and can be used in many preparations.

Here I give you a recipe even simpler than the previous one and with fewer ingredients.

Ingredients 

• 3 carrots.
• ¼ of vegetable milk or ½ of natural non-flavored yogurt with no added sugar.
• 1 cup of ground oatmeal or rice flour.
• 2 eggs.
• 3 teaspoons baking powder.
• 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Dog cookies.

Utensils:

• Blender.
• Cake mold.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. In the blender, add all the ingredients (except the cookies) and blend until the dough is homogeneous.
3. Grease the mold with butter or vegetable shortening. Then pour the mixture from the blender into the mold and put some cookies inside the cake if you wish.
4. Finally, put the mixture in the previously heated oven and bake it for 30 to 35 minutes.
5. And when ready, you can finally offer your dog his treat. You can use some natural yogurt and cookies to decorate it.

Meat pie 

We know dogs love meat, besides being the main part of their diet. So we could not miss a cake whose main ingredient is meat.

Ingredients 

• 250 gr of rice flour.
• 3 eggs.
• 250 gr of minced meat (it can be lamb or veal).
• 1 teaspoon of yeast.
• A teaspoon of olive oil.
• Natural or Greek yogurt without sugar.

Utensils:

• Whisk.
• Cup or bowl.
• Cake mold.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 190 °C.
2. First, add the beaten eggs to the bowl and then gradually include the flour while whisking.
3. When the dough is homogeneous, add the other ingredients; the yeast teaspoon, the olive oil teaspoon, the natural yogurt, and the meat, which should be chopped, and mix everything together.
4. Then pour the mixture into the mold that should be greased with oil so that the cake doesn’t stick and put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
5. Then let it cool down and, finally, you can decorate it with Greek yogurt. Ready! Your canine can eat.  

Apple pie 

Apple is a great fruit you can give to your canine, of course, you must remove the seeds as they can be toxic.

Ingredients 

• 2 grated apples.
• 2 carrots.
• 2 eggs.
• 1 and a half tablespoons of applesauce (unsweetened).
• ¾ cup rice flour.
• 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• 1 teaspoon yeast.

Utensils:

• Cup or bowl.
• Whisk.
• Cake pan.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
2. First, you have to grate the apples and carrots, then in the bowl or cup beat the eggs and add the rice flour little by little while continuing to beat. Then add the remaining ingredients and beat until the mixture is homogeneous.
3. Grease the mold with oil and pour the mixture into it, then put it in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
4. When it is ready, let it cool and enjoy!

Pumpkin pie 

Pumpkin can bring several benefits to your canine; it’s low in fats and sugar and can also provide vitamins and minerals that help your pet’s immune system and digestive system.

Ingredients 

• 1 egg.
• 1 cup of rice flour or whole wheat flour.
• 2/3 cup of homemade pumpkin puree with no added sugars.
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
• 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• ½ cup water.
• Peanut butter or peanut butter (optional) with no salt or sugar.
• Utensils:
• Cup or bowl.
• Blender.
• Cake mold.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. To make the peanut butter, just take the peeled peanuts, without salt or sugar, and crush them in the blender.
3. For the pumpkin puree, you just have to cook the pumpkin with a little water and then mash it until it becomes puree.
4. Add all the ingredients to a bowl and beat everything well until you create a homogeneous mixture.
5. Grease the mold with oil and then pour the mixture into it.  Finally, bake it in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
6. Decorate it with peanut butter and serve it to your canine.

Banana and apple pie 

Now we’re going to add banana to our apple pie recipe. Banana is also a food that your canine can eat perfectly well, of course, you must never exceed in feeding him any food.

Ingredients 

• 200 gr of rice flour.
• 2 tablespoons of honey.
• 2 eggs.
• 1 banana.
• 2 apples.
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.

Utensils:

• Baking mold.
• Mixer.
• Bowl or cup.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. Peel the banana and mash it to a puree. Then peel the apple and remove the seeds and the core; they can be harmful to your canine. Mash the apple too and add it to the bowl.
3. Then add the other ingredients little by little while mixing until you get a dough.
4. Grease the mold with oil to prevent the cake from adhering when you take it out and pour all the mixture into it.
5. Place the mold in the oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
6. Finally, let it cool and let your canine enjoy this delicacy.

Oatmeal cake 

This is an easy recipe to prepare and you can add a carrot or banana if you want.

Ingredients 

• 1 cup of oat flakes.
• 1 cup whole wheat flour or rice flour.
• 1 egg.
• Grated carrot (optional).
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
• Mashed banana (optional).
• ½ cup Greek or plain yogurt (sugar-free).

Utensils:

• Baking mold.
• Mixer.
• Mixing cup or bowl.

Preparation 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. Place the cup of flakes, the egg, and the flour in the bowl and mix very well. Then add the other ingredients little by little, the ½ cup of Greek yogurt, the teaspoon of baking soda, and the optional carrot or banana.
3. After you get a homogeneous mixture, grease the cake pan with oil or butter and pour all the mixture.
4. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes, and that’s it!
5. You can decorate it with Greek yogurt.

So, if your canine has a birthday, invite his doggy friends and make one of these recipes. There will be no better gift for your pet than tasting something new and delicious.