Sweet and Salty Dog Birthday Cake

This Sweet and Salty Dog Birthday Cake is the perfect cake to celebrate your best furry friend’s birthday. Made with pumpkin, peanut butter, applesauce, and bacon!

If you think celebrating a dog’s birthday is ridiculous, then I’m sorry. We could never be friends.

Is that too harsh? It’s just how I feel. In my heart.

But I know that you don’t think that way, since you’re here reading this post on how to make a dog birthday cake. So we can definitely be friends.

We would probably be very good friends, too, you and I.

I love animals so dearly, and one animal in particular. Cocoa, my sweet, derpy, funny, loud-mouthed Corgi is my best friend. She’s my first and only dog, and she’s so amazing.

For Cocoa’s 6th birthday, I made her this Sweet and Salty Dog Birthday Cake. Her eyes lit up and she was in disbelief that she could actually eat it. But she loved it.

In honor of Cocoa’s 6th birthday, I’d love to tell you six things about her.

1. Cocoa is seriously smart. She was very easy to train and she knows the following tricks: sit, stay, jump, high five, low five, handshake, spin, speak, BANG! (play dead), and down. She’s also pretty incredible at catching treats.
2. Cocoa’s favorite food, without a doubt, is cheese. No matter what room in the house she’s in, she knows the sound of cheese being opened or taken out of the refrigerator, and she will come into said kitchen.
3. Cocoa absolutely loves to hike, go on long walks, explore, and adventure. She may have short little stubby legs, but the girl can walk. She always surprises me by how steep she can climb, the size of rocks she can get over, and how fast she can run.
4. Cocoa is what we lovingly refer to as “The Fun Police.” Anytime someone runs, walks too quickly, or is too loud, she gets mad. As a herding dog, she hates when people leave the pack, but I’m also pretty sure she hates when people are having too much fun, too.
5. Cocoa didn’t get into too much trouble as a puppy, except this one time she ate the paint off the wall. Yup. I came home from work one day and Cocoa had eaten the paint off the wall. There was about a 3-foot circle of the wall paint chipped off. That was a fun vet visit to explain.
6. Cocoa knows a ton of words. She understands walk, vet, groomer, mom, dad, car, bone, cheese, Starbucks (haha). And she understands when you’re talking about her, especially if you’re making fun of her. This one time my dad was imitating how she walked when she had to poop, and she jumped up and bit him in the butt. (Just a little nibble, I think it was her warning.) And it was hilarious.

So I can only celebrate a dog this special and hilarious with a very special dog birthday cake.

Hence, this Sweet and Salty version. I dig sweet and salty things (like cheesecake), and Cocoa digs anything with bacon (who doesn’t? …Well, vegans, I guess.)

This cake is made with pumpkin, applesauce, bacon fat (!), peanut butter, and a touch of honey. It’s frosted in an easy frosting made with peanut butter and plain Greek yogurt. And, of course, topped with bacon.

I totally had a piece (had to try my work, y’know?), and if I was a dog, I would freakin’ love it. I know this because I kind of loved it as a human, too.

And Cocoa went nuts for it, so that’s all that matters. This Sweet and Salty Dog Birthday Cake is for you, my little stubby munchkin, and for all the other dogs out there with amazing dog parents willing to bake them a cake. They deserve it.

I hope that you make this Sweet & Salty Dog Birthday Cake for your furry buddy! What’s your dogs favorite treat/food? Let me know in the comments below. Pictures of said dog sent to my mailbox are always more than welcome, too. 😉

And here’s a few things you may need for this recipe…

Spread The Love NAKED Organic Peanut Butter  //  Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Raw Honey  //  Farmers Market Organic Pumpkin Puree  //  musselman’s Natural Unsweetened Apple Sauce  //  Bob’s Red Mill Organic Unbleached White Flour

This post contains affiliate links, and are always products I highly recommend, love, & use in my own kitchen.

Sweet and Salty Dog Birthday Cake

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• Author: Tiffany
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 15 servings 1x

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This Sweet and Salty Dog Birthday Cake is the perfect cake to celebrate your best furry friend’s birthday. Made with pumpkin, peanut butter, applesauce, and bacon!

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Ingredients

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For the Cake:

• 1/4 cup peanut butter (with only peanuts as an ingredient, like this brand)*
• 1/2 cup pure unsweetened pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons organic raw honey
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons bacon fat
• 1 cup organic unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

For the Frosting/Topping:

• 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt**
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 4-5 slices of thick applewood-smoked bacon

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8″ round baking pan and line with parchment paper.
2. Pan fry the thick slices of bacon until crisp. Set the bacon aside and reserve the bacon fat.
3. In a large bowl, whisk 3 tablespoons of bacon fat with the peanut butter, pumpkin puree, applesauce, and honey until combined. Whisk in the eggs. Stir in the flour and baking soda until the batter is well combined, but do not over-mix.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the top of the cake springs back when touched and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes.
5. Make the frosting by stirring the yogurt and peanut butter together until smooth.
6. When the cake is completely cool, slice the cake in half through the middle. Fill the cake with half the frosting, and top with the rest. Decorate the cake with the cooked bacon. Enjoy!

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Notes

*It’s very important to find a natural peanut butter with only peanuts in the ingredients, like the one linked above. Xylitol, a common ingredient in peanut butters, is very toxic for dogs. Other common ingredients, like palm oil and added sugar, aren’t so great either.

**It’s important to use plain Greek yogurt here, as regular yogurt will make the frosting too runny.

This makes a large cake, perfect for sharing with your doggie’s friends! If you have leftovers, you can crumble up the cake and make bite-sized cake balls. The cake balls can be kept in the freezer and defrosted as needed for treats.

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Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 slice
• Calories: 184
• Sugar: 6g
• Sodium: 177mg
• Fat: 9g
• Saturated Fat: 3g
• Trans Fat: 0g
• Carbohydrates: 13g
• Fiber: 1g
• Protein: 12g
• Cholesterol: 31mg

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Last Updated on March 14, 2018 by Tiffany