Behold: Its a Drip decorated Dog Birthday Cake for Dozers 9th birthday!
Howd I do??
In years passed, Ive shared a 2 layer white-frostedDog Birthday Cake, and last year it wasPupcakes.
Healthy dog friendly carrot cake
This year, Ive decided its all about cake decorating.
So here it is: A dog-friendly DRIP CAKE!!
Whaddaya reckon??!
Doesnt it look just like real-deal frosting??
Then I colour a second batch blue and frost the surface of the cake.
The neon blue makes for a striking contrast against the white drips!
Healthy dog friendly carrot cake
Drip frosting Just a simple sugar-free frosting that has the consistency of and sets like real drip frosting!
Flour Either plain / all-purpose flour OR wholemeal / whole-wheat flour (which is more nutritious).
I opted for plain flour here because it makes for paler cake layers which I thought looked prettier.
Blue dog friendly “buttercream”
Maple syrup is also great;
Oil For moistness in the cake.
Nobody wants their pooch to choke down a dry cake!
I only use a modest amount, just 1/4 cup (65 ml) for the entire cake.
Dog friendly Drip Frosting
Youll never find a human cake on my website that uses such little oil, though!!
We use quite a lot in this cake, 2.5 teaspoons.
We need it so that get the otherwise dense cake to rise.
Eggs For binding the cake crumb, without which it would just crumble everywhere.
Eggs are also great nutrition for the dogs!
Whisk Wet ingredients;
Add shredded carrots;
Add Dry ingredients.
Overmixing = dense cake = a sad pooch
Pour into cake pans.
I wanted a tall, four-layer cake so I used a couple of deep, 15cm / 6cake pans.
2 x 20cm / 8 cake pans will make a nice two-layer cake.
Cool cakes, then trim and halve to make 4 cake layers, in preparation for frosting!
It looks just like the real thing, except its dog-friendly!
You and I wouldnt eat it …but this is for dogs remember!
But I wouldnt recommend using vast volumes of any of these ingredients on a dog cake.
Its just too heavy for a pets diet in my view.
And I want tofrost with abundance!!
Dog-friendly Buttercream Frosting ingredients
Heres what you need for the pooch-friendly buttercream frosting.
Its just potato, yogurt and water to adjust the thickness.
I make one big batch of the frosting and leave it as plain white.
We will use the remaining frosting to decorate the cake.
How to colour the frosting
Colour frosting:Colour the remaining frosting with your colour of choice.
I used a Wilton brand gel colour calledSky Blue.
Ingredients in Drip Frosting
Now the best part: the Drip Frosting!
It might surprise you what its made from: cornflour / cornstarch, yoghurt and a touch of milk.
This combination works a treat!
Do not be tempted to substitute the yogurt with milk or water.
I tried and it doesnt work!
Mix these three ingredients together and you get the perfect drip frosting consistency plus its 100% sugar-free!
Now make the surface as smooth as it’s possible for you to.
Just use a teaspoon to dribble a bit of Drip Frosting down the side of the cake.
Youll quickly figure out how much frosting to use to get long versus short, wide versus thin drips!
Dont worry about perfection.
In fact, I think it looks weird when the drips are all perfectly uniform!
You want them to be irregular.
So, some long, some short, some wide, some thin.
Decorating the Dog Birthday Cake!
After all of that, theres MORE decorating!!
Was it Dozer-approved??
As long as its not raw kale, Dozer approves believe me!!
The birthday party!
Im not going to lie.
while at the beach (rather than in a controlled environment!)
So here they are.
Being short is a hazard in this environment!!
This was on Saturday morning at Bayview dog park (Sydney, Australia) with Dozers friends.
It was furry sea of canine chaos!
Oh the carnage, once they got stuck into the cake!!!
All that effort decorating the cake … annihilated in 10 seconds flat!
As with previous years, I always attempt to add some birthday jollies by popping hats on the dogs.
As anyone who owns a dog knows, they tolerate them for mere seconds before ripping them off!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOZER!!
I love that youre always happy, from the instant you wake up, every single morning.
That you care not for the superficial things in life, not the toys nor the treats.
You dont need a fancy bed, a big backyard or a pool to play in.
Happy birthday Dozer!!!
I love you with all my heart.
Today, were going Behind The Scenes from the shooting of the birthday cake recipe video!
Prevent screen from sleeping
