3-Ingredient Dog Cake (2024)

This 3-Ingredient Dog Cake is the perfect homemade birthday cake for your furry friend. Everyone deserves a cake, even your dog. This easy dog cake recipe is a single-serve cake ready in less than 30 minutes.

When the kids returned home asking for a dog cake recipe for the neighbor’s dog’s birthday, we gathered information about what dogs can and can’t eat and whipped up this easy 3-ingredient dog cake recipe. If your dog loves treat, you can also make for them my Pumpkin Dog Cake, Carrot Cake for Dogs, or my Soft Dog Treats Recipe.

Dogs love peanut butter, and vegetables are good for them. So here’s a healthy dog cake packed with natural peanut butter and three vegetables.

Ingredients and Substitutions

It only takes 3 ingredients to make this cake! All you need to make this easy dog cake recipe are:

• Natural Peanut Butter– You need to use natural peanut butter without added salt, sugar, or oil. All these additives are useless for dogs and might be unhealthy. Dogs don’t need extra salt in their food. However, natural peanut butter is 100% safe for dogs.
• Egg– Dogs can eat food containing cooked eggs (source).
• Grated Carrots – Carrots are also safe for our furry friends (source).

You can also add baking powder to make the cake airier. It is safe for dogs, but they don’t care about how much the cake rises, so it’s optional.

How To Make 3-Ingredient Dog Cake

Dog Cake Batter

Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C)

To make the cake batter, whisk the eggs with fresh drippy peanut butter, and shredded carrots in a small mixing bowl.

Grease a small round springform cake with avocado oil. I found this size ideal for a single-serving dog cake, so there’s no waste of cake.

Pour the batter into the pan and bake in the center rack of the oven for 15 to 22 minutes or until a pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Let the dog cake cool down completely on a wire rack before frosting.

Dog Birthday Cake Frosting

For the dog frosting, we learned that dogs should not eat sugar, not much butter, and stay away from cream cheese and chocolate. So our healthy cream cheese frosting won’t be a good fit for the dog cake.

Instead, steam cauliflower and potatoes which are both safe for dogs (source and source). Then, add them to a food processor along with milk and plain unsweetened yogurt. Add a dollop of butter, but you can skip it if you like.

Blend until the ingredients come together into a smooth puree. It’s better to start with less milk and add it gradually to prevent the dog cake frosting from becoming too wet or runny.

Assembling The Dog Cake

Cut the cake in half lengthwise with a sharp knife when it has cooled down.

Spread half of the frosting on the first layer, add the second cake layer, and add the remaining frosting on top.

Use a spoon to spread the frosting. The frosting is very smooth and not pipeable, so there is no need for fancy tools like a piping bag for this dog cake recipe.

Decorating The Cake

This is the tricky part because it’s not safe to add candies, sugar, or sprinkles to dog cakes.

So instead, you can add some extra shredded carrots and dog treats.

Swaps Ideas

Below are some ideas to make this cake if you don’t have some of the abovementioned ingredients.

• Peanut Butter– Almond butter or sunflower seed butter works, but some dogs can’t digest almonds or sunflower seeds, so watch out!
• Cauliflower– It can be replaced with more potatoes.
• Carrots– They can be replaced with shredded zucchini, peeled or with their skin on which are also dog safe.

Storage Instructions

This cake is not supposed to be eaten entirely by one dog. It should make 3 or 4 servings, depending on the dog’s size.

Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are the answers about the dog-friendly ingredients used in this dog recipe.

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