Pupcakes

Well I’m going to keep this one short because it was my birthday so Will’s birthday is coming up, and I’m behind on gifts.  My birthday was nice, my mom made me a vegetarian dinner and we got to hang out at my parents’ new and improved house on the lake!  Will let me sleep in on my weekend day on too, which is pretty much the only thing I want for my birthday ever anymore.

Kiddos preparing to bake Dany’s cake.

Speaking of birthdays – Dany turned 10 this year!  She’s become Patricia’s doggy.  Patricia loves Dany and is constantly giving her hugs and snuggles.  She also refuses to let anyone else feed her or let her out to use the bathroom or hold her leash for walks.  It’s quite adorable.  Everytime we are naming family members Dany is never forgotten on Patricia’s list.  She frequently asks us “can doggies go ___”.  Where ___ is wherever we are about to head in the car.  She’s always disappointed when we can’t bring her, which is frequently.  We have been making various varieties of pupcakes for Dany for her birthday, mostly made up from whatever dog friendly ingredients we have around.  This year’s version used frozen banana we had in the freezer.

Birthday dog, birthday hugs.

Pupcake

Banana Pupcake*

Ingredients

• 1 Banana, mashed
• 1 Egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ tsp baking powder**

For Frosting:

• 1 Tbsp Sour Cream
• 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter

Mix all ingredients for cake together. Grease two small ramekins with peanut oil (skimmed from the top of the natural peanut butter), then flour with whole wheat flour.  Pour half the mixture in each.  Bake for 30 min in a 350F preheated oven.  Let cool.  Once cakes are cool, remove from ramekins, slice tops off so they are level and frost.  (I piped the frosting as little flowers).  The kids wanted to try the cake so we ate the pieces we sliced off.  

*Note this recipe is like 4 times the amount of calories you should give your dog in treats on a given day (depending on your dog’s weight), so give them just an appropriate sized slice for a treat!

**Baking powder and soda are toxic to dogs in large quantities in raw form (same for humans actually).  Everything I read seemed to indicate in small quantities, when baked,  they do not cause dogs any upset stomachs.  Use your own judgement.

Transfer half the batter to the prepared ramekin.

After 30 min baking.