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Happy 4th Anniversary Whiskey! {Nut-Free Dog Birthday Cake Recipe)

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Whiskey is a rescue dog, so we don’t really know how old he is. I think he was about 1.5 to 2 years old when I got him, but we can’t really be sure. So instead of celebrating his birthday, we celebrate the anniversary of when he rescued me.  (Year One, Year Two, Year Three)

 Today marks four years of adventures together.

… and lots of napping. It’s exhausting being this cute.

 

Always cuddling with his stuffed toys.
This little pooch came into my life just when I needed him. He is my best bud, my favourite snuggler and my sous chef in the kitchen (he mostly helps with picking up the scraps I drop…especially cheese scraps).

He and Garrett have been like two peas in a pod since day one and I have loved seeing their relationship grow. Garrett sometimes has days off midweek, while I’m still at work, and when I ask him about what he did all day, it’s always a “we”. “We” went to visit my parents. “We” picked up my Nana. “We” went to Timmy’s to get some coffee and Timbits. “We” went to the car wash. “We” took an afternoon nap. “We” ate the last of the cheddar.

 

It’s always great coming home to find pictures like this in my camera. I can only imagine what the two of them were up to this day.

And funny enough, I can picture Whiskey sitting beside him the whole time. We tease Whiskey all the time that the three of us are his “pack” but we really are. Everything I do is better when I do it with the two of them.

It really doesn’t feel like it’s been four years since I got him because I really can’t remember what it was like before he was here. I don’t remember what it was like to wake up without his little furry body wriggling to get under the covers and I don’t remember what I did before he came along to eat the crumbs in the kitchen (swept?). And I’m glad I can’t remember what it was like before this little beam of sunshine and happiness came into my life.
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To celebrate four great years together, I made him his own birthday cake. I’ve always wanted to make him a cake, but all the recipes I’ve found call for adding peanut butter. I have a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and nuts, so that wasn’t an option. This recipe uses no peanut butter and there is nothing in there that a human can’t eat if they felt so inclined to try it (I’m talking to you, Garrett).
Nut-Free Dog Birthday Cake
 
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Serves: 1 cake
Ingredients
Carrot Cake
  • ½ cup flour
  • ⅛ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup shredded carrots
Banana Frosting
  • 1 small banana, mashed
  • 2 tsp butter, softened
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • Optional "sprinkles": ½ strip bacon, crumbled
Instructions
Carrot Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine flour and baking soda. In another bowl, cream the butter, oil and eggs and together.
  3. Stir the carrots into the creamed mixture. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix to combine.
  4. Pour the batter into a greased ramekin and bake for 25 minutes.
Banana Frosting
  1. To make the banana frosting, stir the mashed bananas, butter and flour until a smooth paste is formed.
  2. Frost your cake with the banana mixture. You could also sprinkle it with crumbled bacon pieces as "sprinkles".

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, combine flour and baking soda. In another bowl, cream the butter, oil and eggs and together.

Stir the carrots into the creamed mixture. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix to combine.

Pour the batter into a greased ramekin and bake for 25 minutes.

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It puffed up a bit and came out as a perfect mini cake.

To make the banana frosting, stir the mashed bananas, butter and flour until a smooth paste is formed.

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Frost your cake with the banana mixture. You could also sprinkle it with crumbled bacon pieces as “sprinkles”.

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Happy Anniversary Whiskey!

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He kept looking at Garrett to make sure it was okay to eat it. I think he thought it was people food and off limits. We usually say “go ahead” when food is okay for him to eat and I think we said it about 8 times before he actually took a lick of the icing.

A little banana frosting on the nose. Just can’t quite reach.

Here’s to another great year, Whiskey!


Comments

  2. Hi there I have a peanut allergy just like you I was look on the web for a cupcakes for dogs and all I saw was peanut butter I found this one and I was like thank you your are the best

    • Hi I have a severe nut allergy and I want to make my dog a birthday cake but as everyone else says all the recipes contain nut products until I found this website I felt I could jump for joy,as a 12 year old I should be eating any sweet I can get my hands on,…but I can’t it’s so irritating when someone in my class have a nut product or traces of nuts in there lunchbox so thank you ever so much for creating this website
      So good luck whiskey! And I will post back if my dog holly liked your cake thanks

      Kloexxx 😉

  3. This is a great recipe! We used it today for our dog’s first birthday. We made it cupcake style, but all we needed to adjust was the baking time. It was easy, doesn’t take much time at all, and the dog loved it! We (me and my human husband) each had a cupcake too, complete with frosting and bacon. The cake itself was bland (it’s for a dog!), but it gave us an excuse to eat bananas and bacon together, which wasn’t bad. (: Us eating the cupcakes made the dog feel like it was that much more special, eating “human” food. Thanks!

  4. I stumbled across this while looking for a recipe for my Pomeranian Puff’s 4th Birthday which is today 🙂 This was so beautiful to read and see all the pics of Whisky, I can see that Whiskey is an incredibly blessed little man and you are equally blessed to have him. I wish Whisky a long and happy life <3

    Oh and thanks for the recipe that I am off to prepare for my precious boys birthday 🙂

  5. So Im just wondering do you have any other nut free cakes for dogs……..because I’m the one with a nut allergy not my dog but me and my dog holly have hay fever because my dog is a cocker spaniel she legs it through the fields surrounding the house, but holly wants things I’m eating….like ice cream so I’m wondering if you have a nut free ice cream recipe for dogs and maybe coat the outside in melted doggy chocolate so can you melt doggy chocolate thanks for the help I send my love to whiskey and I hope you have a good day Kloe xxx 😉 😉

    • Hey Kloe! This is the only dog friendly cake that I’ve made but I’m always looking for new ideas. I wouldn’t put chocolate on it because it’s toxic to dogs, but I have read about using carob (but I’ve never found a nut safe company that makes it). If you’re looking for a treat that both you and your dog can enjoy, try my oatmeal cookie recipe. My parents’ doberman Shadow LOVES them (and I do too).

  6. This is a great recipe! I will have to triple it for my Great Dane, he turns two in
    A few days! 🙂

  7. Your dog looks like my dogs dad! I have only seen one other dog that is similar to mine. Do you know his breed? I was told by the people I got my dog from that he was full chihuahua, but he has different characteristics then most chihuahuas.

  8. Thank you so much for this- I have a severe nut allergy so I eat soy butter (it’s so good) but my dog is allergic to soy (go figure) so this was a lifesaver! Roxie will LOVE this, and I might try it because I’m the only 8th grader in my class who’s a girl who does things like that, and I gotta keep my reputation. It’s not weird. Thanks so much!

  9. Thank you for your recipe. My grandson has allergies to peanut dairy an egg.
    Also dogs. We have a Shepoo. Which is allergy free for him. She stays away from all his
    Allergygns so your recipe came in handy most have peanut butter. A little substitution for
    Egg and it is perfect for us. That way when she kisses him all is good.
    Thank you again. Dakota turns one today.

  10. Hello! Just made this recipe as cup cakes for my pooch as it is his 1st birthday. They came out perfectly! Was looking for a recipe for ages as my dog doesn’t like peanut butter which seems to be in majority of recipes!
    Thank you, from myself & Windsor x x x

  11. Just a question…exactly how big is the ‘cake’ I have 2 Saint Bernards and am wondering if this would be a good size for them? Thanks!!

    • The cake is the size of a 4″ ramekin. You could also make the recipe and split it into two regular muffin cups to make them each their own!

  12. Same situation! Severe nut allergy. You are my hero! It’s my Rosie’s first birthday today! (11/2/15). She has an IG account @rosiethepitmix and we will be posting lots of birthday pics featuring your cake! Thank you so much!

  13. Thank you for this recipe, I don’t have a allergy to nuts, I just can’t stand the smell of peanut butter. But it’s my dog’s 4th birthday soon so I’ll be making her this for her party.

  14. So glad I stumbled upon this recipe especially since I was out of peanut butter! Baked this for Louie’s 2nd birthday today and he absolutely loved it! Thank you for the recipe, Amanda – Louie, Louie’s happy tummy and I thank you!

  15. Today is my princess Autumn’s birthday and she just loved her birthday pup cake! She tore it up, and shared with her puppy friends that came over! It was easy to make and her face was priceless, like she was saying that is for me…… happy birthday my bestest friend!!!

  16. Hi I made this recipe with gram flour as Bertie has wheat intolerance. He is three tomorrow and if a sneak taster is any thing to go by, a hit? He is going to share with his cousin Roscoe x

  17. Hi!

    Thank you so much for this recipe! I too have an allergy to nuts and made this today for my dogs 4th birthday he absolutely loved it and wolfed it down in 30 seconds!

  18. Hi.. this looks amazing..
    I’m traveling and I won’t be home to make the cake for his birthday. I will be making the cake before I leave.
    Do you think the cake will be fine to eat after 2-3 days of making it?

  19. Thanks for this recipe! Our pup is 1 today and we wanted to bake her a cake but my daughter is allergic to peanuts.. so again, thanks!

  20. My Ripley is turning 10 this month and I was looking for a recipe to make that was nut free since I’m allergic to peanuts but not tree nuts. I’m looking forward to making this for her and I might add a touch of almond butter to the frosting as Ripley only likes banana bread and not bananas. Thanks so much from Kelsey and Ripley!

    • Thanks for letting me know, Michael. From what I’ve read about vanilla, it’s the alcohol content in some grocery store brands that is the risk to dogs, and while there is alcohol-free vanilla, I’ve omitted it from the recipe just in case people use it. Thanks!

    • Maybe instead of substituting one for the other, you could probably add baking powder in the same amount or smaller. I would see what the author says though before you do anything.

  25. My princess just turned one., and this is the only recipe I have found that doesn’t call for pumpkin or peanut butter..she is allegic to both! So thank you so much! Happy anniversary whiskey!

    • I make this recipe for my Ripley for similar reasons: I’m allergic to peanuts myself but I can use almond butter. For the frosting I use baby food because she doesn’t like bananas.

  26. Thank you for the recipe! It is so hard to find pup cakes without peanut butter and/or bacon! I doubled the recipe and used mini-muffin pans to make enough mini-cakes for all our guests.

  27. Thank you for this recipe! I made this for my dog, Bingo’s second birthday. Two pupcakes are always better than one! He loved them! 🙂

  28. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely recipe. Today is our dog’s birthday; his name is Roland and he just turned 5 years old. He is allergic to peanut butter and bacon, so this recipe was perfect for him. I topped the frosting with some sprinkles. He loved the cake and frosting and ate the whole thing, then looked for more. Thank you for making him so happy. This will be his birthday cake from now on.