Birthday cake question?

Oscar&Champ · #1 04-02-2006, 10:45 PM

Mods if this is the wrong place to post this I'm sorry and feel free to move it as you wish to it's more appropriate place.
But my question is, I want to make a cake for the boys for their birthday on tuesday but I don't want to make a completely doggy one, like made of beef or liver or what not. I looked in the recipe forum and they mostly talk about those kinds of cakes. I wanna fix something me and hubby can share with them too.

So my question...is it ok to fix a regular cake for them (like plain vanilla or yellow cake) and just not put any icing on it or get some kind of other toping for their part? I didn't know if they could have that kind of food. I mean it's only once a year, I think they disserve it for their b-day. I just want to know if the ingredients in say a Betty Crocker cake mix will hurt them? Sorry if my question is a bad one I just want my babies to have a yummy cake. Thanks!

EricaG · #2 04-03-2006, 06:40 AM

It can't be worse than the dog food that most dogs eat every day of their lives right?

It's probably not the best thing for them, but I would say that as a birthday treat one day a year, it's probably fine. Just stay away from chocolate.

Rocco's Mama · #3 04-03-2006, 11:14 AM

Funny you should ask that question. I was just in the frozen food section at our grocery store and I saw an ice cream cake for dogs! I thought I was mistaken but I actually took it out and looked at it and yep, it was made by Purina I believe. Now as for the quailty of it I don't know but I thought it was interesting.

Oscar&Champ · #4 04-03-2006, 06:22 PM

No, they arn't allergic to anything. I usually don't add a lot of sugar when I'm making things from scratch and I don't think there's that much more sugar in a box mix. I have never seen (well, never actually looked) in the frozen section for a cake. I'll have to see if our grocery has a cake for dogs. And I was only gonna make a small cake, just enough for the 4 of us. And I never thought of using yogurt for icing, that sounds yummy for them. Thanks for the ideas.

**Jan** · #5 04-03-2006, 11:36 PM

You could also try icing the cake with cream cheese.