Dog-Friendly Birthday Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
▢2 eggs
▢1/2 cup peanut butter (spread or pure)
▢1/4 cup oil (canola, vegetable)
▢2/3 cup milk (or water)
▢1/3 cup honey or maple syrup (or apple sauce or skip it)
▢2 1/2 cup shredded carrot (2 large)
▢2 cups whole wheat / whole meal flour (or white flour)
▢2 1/2 tsp baking soda
Dog-Friendly Frosting
▢600–700g / 1.2 - 1.4lb potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks
▢3/4–1 cup yogurt (plain unsweetened) or water
Instructions:
Cake
Preheat oven to 180C/350F (160C fan).
Grease and line the base of 2 20cm/8" cake pans.
Whisk together eggs, peanut butter, oil, honey and milk (a few peanut butter lumps ok).
Stir in carrots, then add flour and baking soda. Stir until just combined (over mixing = hard cake = sad birthday pooch).
Divide batter between the cake pans, spread and smooth surface.
Bake 25 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool on racks. Frost per below.
Frosting
Boil, steam or microwave potato until very soft.
Whip potato and yogurt with an electric beater until fluffy and smooth as possible (won't go 100% smooth)—about 1 1/2 minutes on medium speed (speed 5).
Use water as needed to loosen frosting to soft spreadable consistency (like human buttercream frosting!). Use while warm (it "sets" when it cools).
Frost
Spread 1/4 frosting on one cake.
Top with other cake. Frost tops and sides with remaining frosting, reserving some to pipe decorations if desired (3/4 cup frosting).