Molly's Birthday Donut Tower

You know Molly's birthday had to be different. We couldn't just have a plain ol' cake.

This is our same cake recipe. I thought about changing it up, but Molly absolutely LOVES this recipe. I can't keep any leftovers in my house because she will destroy anything that stands between her and the cake. 

I did change up the frosting. When I make cake I typically make a cream cheese based frosting. But as weird as it sounds, Molly does not like cream cheese. She only likes peanut butter and yogurt, so that is exactly what I used for the frosting. 

I ordered the balloons from Etsy, see link here. And then I grabbed the numbers from Hobby Lobby as well as the table cloth. Hobby Lobby had a lot of donut birthday decorations! OH! And I also found the CUTEST birthday crown at Hobby Lobby too! It did not come with elastic, so I just bought some in the fabric section and stabled it to the crown to stay on her head!

I bought the donut pan from Target to bake the donuts in. Click here to shop it!

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Grease your donut pan.

Add the following ingredients to a mixing bowl:

1 egg

1/4 Cup of Peanut Butter (be sure this DOES NOT include any xylitol, it is poisonous to dogs)

1/4 Cup of Olive Oil

1 tsp of Vanilla

1/4 Cup of Honey

2 tsp of Cinnamon

1 Cup of Whole Wheat Flour

1 tsp of Baking Soda

 

Mix all of the ingredients together with a mixer. Add up to 1/2 cup of water until the batter reaches a cake like consistency to pour into your cake pan. 

Spoon in the batter in each donut filling. Fill 2/3 of the way full. Take a spoon and stir the batter in the donut filling to help blend together. This will help it bake better.

Cook for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick is clean after inserting into the donuts. Then turn the pan upside down on a cooling rack to cool. Allow the donuts to come out of the pan and cool.

To create frosting:

Mix 1/2 cup of plain yogurt and 1/2 cup of peanut butter to a bowl and mix together until blended. Dip the donuts individually in the frosting or spread the frosting on top of each donut.

To make it "chocolate" I simply add carob powder to the mixture. 

Sprinkles can be applied if you wish. I love the look of them, so I use them. 

Arrange the donuts on a plate or cake stand to display. I started with 4 on the bottom layer, then the second layer had 3, then 2 then 1. 

Peanut Butter Dog Birthday Cake Recipe

I used to not celebrate my dog's birthdays, and I'm still not good at it, but when I can I try to because it is fun for me. They don't understand, but I know they appreciate the hard work I put in to making their cake or buying them treats.

This is our peanut butter dog cake recipe from our days as a dog bakery. We shipped hundreds of these across the country. You can make it however you wish, but I like to bake it in a bundt pan because it's more fun and just as easy.

It even makes good cupcakes if you want to make a smaller portion to share with multiple dogs. I just cut this cake into pieces and share with my other fur babies. 

Peanut Butter Dog Cake Recipe

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Grease your bundt pan (or pan of your choosing)

Add the following ingredients to a mixing bowl:

1 egg

1/4 Cup of Peanut Butter (be sure this DOES NOT include any xylitol, it is poisonous to dogs)

1/4 Cup of Olive Oil

1 tsp of Vanilla

1/4 Cup of Honey

2 tsp of Cinnamon

1 Cup of Whole Wheat Flour

1 tsp of Baking Soda

Mix all of the ingredients together with a mixer. Add up to 1/2 cup of water until the batter reaches a cake like consistency to pour into your cake pan. 

If you do use a bundt pan, once the batter is poured in, take a spoon and stir the batter in circles in the bundt pan to make sure it is mixed well. This will help it bake better.

Cook for 20 minutes or until a toothpick is clean after inserting into the cake. Then turn the cake upside down on a cooling rack to cool.

My Peanut Butter Dog Birthday Cake Recipe

This is our absolute favorite doggie cake recipe! We can't even keep this in the house because Molly smells it from anywhere and won't stop barking for it. Even in the fridge, she situates herself in front of the fridge and barks for cake.

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You can make this in any cake pan that you want to but I use a bundt cake pan because it turns out so cute without having to do anything to it. So if you don't want to ice it or decorate it, it's perfect and pretty just plain.

You can also make it however you want to. I have made it without enough flour, and without honey. It was pretty much just eggs and peanut butter but the good thing about dogs is they aren't that picky so they still loved

Doggie King Cake Recipe

I spent almost the first decade of my life living just outside of New Orleans so I am very familiar with King Cake and Mardi Gras, but in case you aren't....

A traditional king cake is a cross between a coffee cake and a French pastry in the shape of an oval. It's decorated in three colors, purple to symbolize "Justice",  green for "Faith" and gold for "Power" and these colors were chosen to resemble a crown to honor the wise men who visited Jesus on Epiphany (the visit of the Magi to Jesus). A small plastic baby is commonly hidden in a king cake. The person who finds the baby in their piece is named "King" for the day and must provide the king cake for the following year.

So there you go! I find it fascinating and fun!



I wanted my "children" to participate in the tradition so I adapted my dog birthday cake recipe to be a King Cake today!

This cake recipe is my dog birthday cake recipe, so it doesn't have to be just King Cake.
I make my dog cakes in a bundt pan but you may use whatever you like, just know the cooking time will differ depending on the pan you use.

Mini Easter Egg Dog Cakes Have Arrived!

I have been working on these for weeks! I am so particular about which egg design I wanted to use!

I finally decided on some zig zags and sprinkles (which I'm obsessed with). I am of the mind that sprinkles make anything better......cupcakes...donuts...cookies...whatever...

The cake ingredients are all natural and super fresh. I even grind my own wheat flour! Then I dunk them in all natural yogurt frosting (but I use artificial color) then drizzle some adorably pink icing over them and top it off with SPRINKLES!

 These are the perfect size at about 4". They can either be one serving or several. I split mine into fourths for my four fur-babies for a bite sized snack. But for a special occasion they each got their own :)

And they are delicious! The cake itself is superb. I eat it myself because it is so delicious! Molly agrees! I can't keep these around the house because she smells them and barks incessantly!

You can't go wrong with all natural peanut butter, honey and cinnamon.

 And of course, I personally think packaging says it all so I made sure these are no exception with this precious polka-dotted purple ribbon to tie it all up.

They are $15! Hurry! Place your orders by March 19th to make sure you receive it in time for Easter!!

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