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 🙂
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.
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.
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.”
Dog Birthday Cake Recipe
Celebrate your dog's birthday with their very own Peanut Butter Carrot birthday cake!
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
- 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.
- Pour into a greased 8" round cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- 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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Do you mix the peanut butter in with the other ingredients and cook it or leave it out of the batter and just use it as the icing?
Hi Heidi! The 1/4 cup of peanut butter in the recipe gets mixed in and baked with the other ingredients. I used additional peanut butter to spread on top for the icing 🙂
I’m trying to make a cake for a small party that everyone and their dogs can eat as well. How many servings do you think i can get out of this recipe? I have to feed at least 10 dogs and 15 people.
This recipe is great! Thanks for sharing.
Carolina Xx
You’re very welcome! Our furballs love it 🙂
Are the carrots optional? I have everything but the carrots! ?
It’s a carrot cake 🤔
Can I use pumpkin instead of carrots?
Hi Diana! I’ve never tried pumpkin…if you do, let us know how it turns out 🙂
Is it supposed to be thick?
Mine isn’t thick…it’s more dense. Maybe about 2 inches high?
How can I make it less thick if it seems too thick? More oil?
Does the peanut butter go in the cake mixture or just on top or both please? Thanks.
Hi Paula! The 1/4 cup of peanut butter in the recipe gets mixed in and baked with the other ingredients. I used additional peanut butter to spread on top for the icing 🙂
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My dog Zelda loved her birthday cake! Thank you! It was super easy!
Aww! That’s wonderful! Glad she liked her cake! 😀
Worked a treat and Bella”woofed” it down. Tried and liked by humas too. Thank you.
Can I substitute baking soda for something else?
Our dogs LOVED it! And it was so fun that we could have a piece of their cake with them 🙂
Thanks for sharing! This would be so fun to make with the kids!
Can I substitute honey with another ingredient?
Princeton loved his Birthday cake! Great recipe thanks for sharing it!
So happy he liked his cake! Happy Birthday Princeton! 🙂
Can I substitute olive oil for the vegetable oil?
Thanks!
Can I make the cake into just cup cakes ,as my friend asked me 2 do cup cakes so each dog can have ,
Hi Julie!
I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m sure you can! I’m just not sure of the baking time so keep an eye on the cupcakes…should be less time than one big cake. When a toothpick in the center comes out clean they’re done 😉
How long can I keep the cake in my fridge?