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Spoiled Dog Cake Recipe

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This quick and easy Dog Cake Recipe is perfect for celebrating your pup’s birthday or spoiling them, just because!

My friends asked me how I planned to spoil my dogs for National Spoil Your Dog Day, and of course the answer included baking. Like any special day, I think we should celebrate with cake. A puppy approved dog cake!

Dog Cake Recipe

I think it’s safe to say my furry friend is thrilled. Then again I have a cocker spaniel, so he basically lives, eats, breathes and sleeps for food. I’m sure I’m not the only one with a food motivated pup!

#SpoilYourDogDay

Dog Cake Recipe

This dog cake is packed full of great ingredients, including peanut butter, applesauce and pumpkin. It comes together and bakes up just like any other cake, but is perfect for your pets. The optional frosting is made from peanut butter and yogurt.

I’m often asked if humans can eat this cake as well, and the answer is YES! However, unlike a traditional cake, it lacks sugar, so just know it won’t be as sweet as your pet is. 

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Dog cake made in two layers, topped with frosting and decorated with small dog bones

Since first sharing this easy dog safe cake recipe years ago, thousands of pet parents just like you have made it. You can even see some of the great recreations that readers have made over on Instagram by checking out the #spoileddogcake hashtag! I’m so happy that so many of you have made, and loved, this recipe.

Dog Cake Recipe

Homemade Dog Cake Recipe

Decorating Your Cake

When I made my cake, I topped it with some store bought dog bones. Because they are minis, which makes them almost like dog cake sprinkles in my book!

That said, you can bake up some homemade dog treats or peanut butter dog treats to garnish this cake with. 

Homemade Dog Bones

Dog Bone Recipe

No matter what you top it with, I’m sure your dog will love this homemade dog cake recipe. This recipe makes a single layer, but as you can see I doubled the recipe to make a layer cake.

The frosting is optional, but I really never think of frosting as optional (it’s my favorite part of the cake!) so I recommend it. While you can absolutely share this cake with your dogs, it’s lacking sugar so it won’t be sweet – just so you know.

Dog Cake Recipe

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see and share a picture of your pup enjoying it! You can email me or tag me on social @lovefromtheoven!

Dog Cake Recipe

Spoiled Dog Cake Recipe

This easy cake for dogs gets rave reviews all over the internet. Made with simple ingredients, this cake recipe for dogs is sure to be a hit with your four legged friends.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, dog, pets, puppy
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 207.9kcal
Author: Christi Johnstone

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 egg

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • Instructions

Instructions

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
  • In a separate bowl mix together vegetable oil, peanut butter, applesauce and pumpkin puree. Once combined, mix in egg and mix until combined.
  • Combine wet and dry ingredients and stir until combined.
  • Pour mixture into an 8" round pan (a square pan can also be used) that has been greased with oil.
  • Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake springs back when pressed lightly.
  • Allow to cool on a wire rack prior to removing from pan.
  • After cooling, add frosting if desired.

Frosting

  • Mix Greek yogurt and peanut butter until well combined. Spread over cake. If not serving immediately, store in refrigerator.

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Notes

*Makes one 8" round cake. Recipe can be doubled to make a layer cake, as shown in the photos. 
Ingredients used have been determined safe by the author for her dogs. If you have any question as to the safety of ingredients for YOUR dog, please check with your veterinarian. 

Nutrition

Calories: 207.9kcal | Carbohydrates: 18.53g | Protein: 7.82g | Fat: 12.31g | Saturated Fat: 4.71g | Cholesterol: 21.09mg | Sodium: 156.11mg | Potassium: 189.42mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3.89g | Vitamin A: 2412.78IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg | Calcium: 30.09mg | Iron: 1.37mg
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While this dog cake recipe is SUPER easy, I know that sometimes a cake mix is what we all reach for. Well guess what, I found some awesome cake mixes for dogs. Check these mixes out! They even have grain free options.

If your dog has allergies, as so many of them do, and you need a grain-free dog birthday cake, head over to Table For Two for her Grain-Free Dog Birthday Cake.

Grain Free Dog Birthday Cake

Big Bear’s Wife has some Cheesy Tomato Basil Dog Treats. Those sound good enough for me to try!

Brown Eyed Baker has some Frozen Peanut Butter-Yogurt Dog Treats that are sure to be a summer hit.

Tidy Mom has some Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits that you can cut into any shape you like.

We don’t want to leave our other four legged friends out of the fun! All Roads Lead To The Kitchen has some Homemade Chicken & Cranberry Cat Treats for your feline friends.

Homemade Cat Treats

If you have a new puppy on the way, I’ve got a great list of new puppy items to help you out!

List Of New Puppy Items

I hope you find a way to spoil your dogs for #SpoilYourDogDay and maybe have a chance to whip up this delicious cake or try my dog bone recipe. Your furry friends will thank you, I promise! 

And remember, Bounty has you covered for cleaning up all those messes that our beloved pets always seem to make. With Bounty, the #QuickerPickerUpper, spills, accidents and other pet messes are no problem.

Dog Treat Recipe

 

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Bounty. All opinions however are mine and mine alone. This post contains affiliate links. 

About author Christi Johnstone of Love From The Oven

Christi is the baker, cook, blogger, food photographer, recipe developer and sprinkle lover behind Love From The Oven. As a busy mom, it's important to Christi that her recipes are family-friendly and picky eater approved. In addition to running Love From The Oven, Christi is the author of The My Little Pony Baking Book and Smart Cookie, and the co-author of Peeps-A-Licious.
Interested in working with Christi? please contact her by email.
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  1. Gracie G says

    February 25, 2021 at 6:39 am

    In the oven the cake burned on top but didn’t cook in the middle which made my kitchen go really Smokey and when I tried to take it out of the cake tin it all fell into crumbs☹️

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    • Christi Johnstone says

      February 25, 2021 at 10:00 am

      Gracie, I think you need to check out your oven, I’d recommend an oven thermometer. This is probably the most made recipe on the website, made thousands of times, so it’s pretty solid. You can see just some of the cakes people have made with it here. It sounds like your oven is running really hot and that there might be some spill over from something on the bottom of the oven (which can cause smoke). Those are just a few things to check out.

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  2. Julie says

    February 25, 2021 at 9:58 am

    This looks fantastic! Have you ir any of your followers subbed almond butter for peanut butter? We can’t have peanut products in my house and my pup loves almond butter. I just want to make sure it would work. Thanks!

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    • Christi Johnstone says

      February 25, 2021 at 12:10 pm

      Hi Julie, I imagine it would work. Have you done that with other recipes with success? If so I’d give it a go!

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  3. Madie McG says

    February 27, 2021 at 9:14 am

    Can you skip the pumpkin purée

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  4. Carla says

    February 28, 2021 at 5:01 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you so much for the recipe! Made this for my dogs 10th birthday yesterday, and SHE LOVED IT. Shared some with our neighbors dogs and THEY LOVED IT TOO!

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  5. Darlene says

    March 1, 2021 at 10:42 am

    5 stars
    My Goldendoodle absolutely LOVED this cake!! He wanted to eat the entire thing! Thank you so much! Fabulous recipe!

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