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Birthday cake for dogs?! YES, of course it’s a thing! This grain-free cake recipe is perfect for dogs with a sensitive stomach. Plus, a bonus – it’s safe for humans to eat, and it’s delicious!
Happy 1st birthday, Oakley!
My baby (fur baby) turned 1! How did that happen? Oh my, I am that puppy parent. I made her a special diet dog bday cake. I dressed her up. We sang happy birthday. I spoiled her rotten. Guilty!
Yes, she is special, and so is this cake!
This cake recipe is made with love, for all the fur babies out there with a sensitive stomach, like my Vizsla. But wait a second… can a dog eat birthday cake? I mean, of course they CAN, but should they?
Are cakes bad for dogs?
Let me put it this way; it depends on what the cake is made with. Chocolate birthday cake for dogs is an absolute NO NO (bad human!). In case you don’t know, chocolate is very toxic to dogs, even in small amounts. Please don’t ever give your dog chocolate. Ever.
In addition to chocolate, too much sugar isn’t healthy for your fur baby either. Oh, and because of the alcohol, don’t use vanilla extract in anything you want your pet to eat, either. (source)
Birthday cake for dogs with a sensitive tummy
A grain free birthday cake for dogs is easy to make and healthier for dogs to enjoy! Plus it’s fun for owners to make and bake. This birthday cake is totally human friendly too; just not as sweet. 😉
Some benefits of a grain free diet for dogs:
- Helps keep dogs fuller longer, resulting in them eating less frequently. This is good news because grain-free/high-protein dog food can be more expensive.
- May help to reduce canine food allergies. By removing grains from your dog’s diet, you can narrow down what may be causing their tummy troubles.
- More energy. Well, depending on your dog, this can be a good thing or a bad thing. 😉
- Grain-free diets promote healthier skin.
- Shinier coat.
A happier tummy, shinier coat, healthier skin, and more energy? Maybe we should eat birthday cake for dogs EVERY day!
Recipe notes
- This cake recipe calls for chickpea or oat flour. If you don’t want to buy oat flour, you can make your own by grinding gluten free rolled oats in a food processor.
- Use coconut oil or olive oil. Do NOT use avocado oil! Avocados contain persin, a toxin that can cause serious health problems, and even death, in many animals.
- Our Vizla loves strawberries, but if you want to use another fruit, first make sure that’s it’s safe for your fur baby. Bananas, blueberries and raspberries would be good substitutes for strawberries.
Grain Free Birthday Cake for Dogs
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 pups 1x
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Grain Free Birthday Cake for Dogs (egg free)
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup chickpea flour (oat flour can be substitutes if your pup can handle grains)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 c naturally refined coconut oil -liquid (or olive oil)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2/3 c mashed strawberries (1/3 cup to be used to garnish or mixed with frosting)
- Optional honey (1 spoonful or less)
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk or organic 2% milk
Toppings
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt or chilled coconut cream with 1 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350F. Line a small cake tin (7 inches) with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, sift your chickpea flour, cinnamon, and baking powder/soda together. In another bowl, whisk your milk, oil, lemon juice together.
- Pour your wet ingredients into your flour batter. Fold in 1/2 mashed strawberries and honey. Pour into cake tin. Bake for 30 minutes or until center comes out clean with toothpick.
- Let the cake cool then sit in fridge to set for 30 minutes. While cake is chilling, make the frosting.
- Whisk together plain Greek yogurt and 1 tbsp honey.
- Slice cake in half to create two tiers (optional). Spread about 1/2 cup or less whipped greek yogurt between each cake and stack the cakes gently on top of each other. Spread the rest of your yogurt frosting on top and garnish with leftover strawberries.
Notes
- This may be made into a sheet pan cake or one tier cake. Adjust baking times if needed. Check status of cake at 20 minutes.
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: american
Keywords: pet food, cake, grain free, dogs, birthday cake for dogs, healthy
Alright, you fur baby parents, tell me this…..
Have you ever made a birthday cake or special diet treats for your pet? I think I need more recipes! I love it! Next up, snack cakes for dogs. Haha.
Cheers,
LC
Although we don’t have kids, I consider Oakley our child. I don’t really know how to get into that talk about having kids/not having kids. It’s really not in our cards at the moment. Health wise and all. Maybe that’s something to share… another day.
Thank you all for reading and supporting.
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SO SWEET! Wishing Oakley many more happy birthdays (and more wholesome, cute cakes).
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Thank you Liz!❤️
This is the cutest thing!! My dog’s birthday is coming up soon, and this cake would be perfect for her!! 🙂
oh you must! and then show me how pretty is it. I bet your cake will be STUNNING. Happy bday to your pup!
Perfect for Izzy! No more buying birthday cakes at the pet store!
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Yes! I think Izzy and Oakley need mutual bday parties. haha
OMG this is SO CUTE Lindsay!
Thank you friend. Ps how are you? What’s new?
This is so cute!! A perfect treat for my dog’s special day!
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Thanks Toni! Such a fun way to celebrate your pupper’s day😘
I’m so excited to have found this!! I cannot wait to make it for my puupty!
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Yay! Keep me posted on how it goes (I’d love to see pics😘)
How fun! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Julie! 🙂
What a cutie pie! And a lucky dog. This cake looks amazing.
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She’s spoiled rotten for sure. Haha!
Love everything about this post! Can’t wait to make this for my pup!
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yay! Keep me posted Sommer!
This cake looks delicious! Just one question, though. Step three in the directions says to add mashed strawberries and honey to the cake, but the list of cake ingredients doesn’t include any sweetener. Did you use any honey in the cake batter? And if so, how much?
Oh yes, sorry about that. I added a touch of honey to the strawberries but that’s it. Dogs can’t have much sugar so I didn’t add anymore sugar. Does that make sense? I’ll update now.
Ah, I love this cake recipe! I don’t know if my dog could finish this whole cake herself, and I am pretty darn sure that my parents wouldn’t let her finish it even on her birthday, LOL! But I wouldn’t mind helping her out 😉 Happy Birthday to the gorgeous little Oakley!
I’m so glad! Oh I know, it’s quite the cake😉 lol. She says thanks 😉
So fun! I think my dogs need one of these!
I agree! and then take photos and let me know how they like it! 😉
Perfect cake recipe, I’m so happy to have found this! Thank you for your creativity Lindsey 😀 My dog Zero’s birthday is today and I will be making this so I’ll be sure to tag pics of the final product on Instagram.
Let me know how your pup likes it morgan! and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions while making it. <3
I made this for my two pups for their first birthday this week. They loved it! I used smooth peanut butter for the icing. Thank you for the recipe 🙂
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Oh I am so glad! yay! Thanks Fiona.
OMG…. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SUGGESTED SUBSTITUTE OF GRAPE SEED OIL. “1/4 c naturally refined coconut oil -liquid (or grape seed oil)”
GRAPES ARE POISON TO DOGS.
I am so afraid of the amount of people reading this recipe trying to make a cake for their dog and using grape seed oil and them poisoning their poor pups on their birthday. No clue if the author if this recipe is dense, or just hates dogs. but whatever you do, please do not use the suggested substitute.
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That’s so strange. My vet said it was fine to use grapeseed oil. Happy to update that recipe now with other oil. I would never intentionally hurt dogs. I love my dog!
Sorry, I tried to go back and edit it. I realized how rude and harsh it sounded.
However, grapes are poison to dogs, even just two grapes can kill a pup. Raisins, grape seed oil.
grapeseed actually lacks the toxins that are poisonous to dogs, It is totally safe!
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Actually, the Jury is still out on that. Ultimately the choice is yours, but for myself and many others who work in the pet care and pet supplement industry, it is not worth the risk. The process of making/distributing grape seed oil is not regulated to the degree of what percentage of other parts of the grape can be in the oil to consider it grape seed oil. This is actually a common problem, and unless it is specifically marketed towards pets from a reputable company within the united states, there is no way to tell how pure it is. Therefor, its really not worth the risk to me personally, and many many others. To each is their own, but I would suggest avoiding a random brand off the shelf. (much like any pet food and treats that come from china, or have part of the ingredients sourced from china. not worth the risk)
Good to know! thanks amanda!
I actually made this with some modifications of adding unsweetened shredded coconut, blueberries half mashed and mixed with unsweeted apple sauce, and PB/greek yogurt (with a touch of honey) frosting. I was boarding a puppy for the week when I found out his first birthday was in a couple days. Us humans thought it tasted pretty good too!
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I’m so glad! Thanks for sharing. haha yes human approved!