Apple & Carrot Dog Birthday Cake Recipe

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This DIY dog birthday cake recipe is tasty, healthy and Instagram worthy.

We’re talking layers of scrumptious dog cake, sandwiched between slabs of creamy peanut butter frosting.

Basically, it’s a simplified version of gorgeous dog birthday cake designs we love. We wanted low fuss, with a touch of fancy!

As it was our Ziggy’s big day, we wanted to make him something extra special with apples, carrots, and peanut butter—his all-time favorites.

And because we’re those ‘extra’ dog parents (no shame here), a cake smash photo shoot was obviously part of the celebration.

Ready to bake your pup’s day? Let’s get to the recipe and make some memories!

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Apple & Carrot Birthday Cake Recipe for Dogs

Ingredients:

For the cake:

• 2 cups grated carrot
• 3 cups wholemeal flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 4 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 4 free range eggs (beaten)

For the peanut butter frosting:

• 1 ½ cups plain greek yogurt
• 1 cup smooth natural peanut butter

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 175 C/ 350F.
2. Lightly grease a 25cm round cake tin (to achieve the shape, layers and size of our cake, using 3 x springform mini cake tins would be the easiest option!)  
3. Combine grated carrot, beaten eggs and applesauce in a medium bowl.
4. Combine flour, oats and cinnamon in a large bowl.
5. Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients to form a thick batter.
6. Spoon the mixture evenly into the cake tin/s and place in the oven.
7. Bake for 25 minutes (may vary depending on oven). Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.
8. If you’re not using the mini cake tins, once cooled, cut out 3 x circles to create the cake layers. We used a knife to cut around a small 12cm bowl, but you can use anything available that’s round!
9. Using a spoon, add your frosting mixture to each layer of the cake (including the top) and sprinkle with carrot peel gratings for extra texture, taste and decoration!

TIP #1: With the leftover frosting, you can make bone or paw print moulds to decorate the top or base of the cake.

TIP #2: To help us make the perfect dog birthday cake for Ziggy, we adapted the ‘Carrot Pupcakes’ recipe from the 52 Weeks of Treats eBook (you can grab your copy below!)

We hope you love Ziggy’s birthday cake recipe – and even more fun at your own cake smash shoot!

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