Coco turns 2 … a doggie birthday cake
“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”
Johnny Depp
Coco turned 2 today. TWO!! She is the cutest creature on the face of this earth and the daughter decided she would bake her a doggie birthday cake last night. I thought the ever lazy teen was talking off the top of her head again. Don’t bother, my inner voice told me!
She asked me to get her carrots and peanut butter. We’ve been through this drama last year as well, and no cake ‘happened’. I didn’t get her the ingredients. Late in the evening I get a call from her. She was shopping for vegetables for the first time in her life. “How many carrots should I buy for 1 cup carrots?”
Obviously meant business! She was soon home grating carrots. Another first and oh the protests. “My arms are gone, how difficult is this, will you grate them, can you please grate them…”! I wasn’t moved! All she had was Coco at her feet, eyes transfixed as her name popped up now and then. {“You’d better eat my cake Coco” she muttered incessantly!}
Oh the drama, the messy counters, grated carrots everywhere. The batter finally made its way into the oven. The dishes were done by her since I threatened to turn the oven off if she didn’t clear up. Then she put up her feet and talked on the phone endlessly. I caught the cake just in time … the top prettily browned! Yet, amazingly, we had cake! Rather Coco had a birthday cake!
Coco’s morning began well. She was spoilt silly. By afternoon it was time to cut the doie birthday cake. BUT NO! Have to frost ‘she’ hollered!! ’twas my turn to protest. “Cocos fine with a cake sans icing”…blah blah blah. We met halfway through. She decided to skip the cream cheese frosting {?????} and do a simple peanut butter topping.
Maybe she picked up some tips watching me all these years, maybe it is her interest in art, so she asked for my tiny cookie cutters. Soon we had carrot stars and ribbons… TADA! Coco couldn’t believe her eyes. She had never been that close to a cake before.
Coco is a good dog and doesn’t even eat out of her bowl without permission. So she waited patiently, amidst puddles of drool, with a few wardrobe malfunctions … Finally had her cake, and ate it too!
Must admit that I’ve had these Best Dog Biscuits Ever from White on Rice bookmarked since I saw them in my inbox in April. I contemplated baking a batch for Coco yesterday but never quite got there. Hopefully the teen will bake up some soon! Or maybe the lad, since he made brownies all by himself a few days ago!
So here we go… for a first on PAB, it’s a doggie birthday cake. And yes, the daughter did have a bite and she said it was good! The kids joined the party with pizza followed by a ginger lemon crème brûlée … and that is another story!
Summary: A simple one bowl doggie birthday cake which is easy and fun. Tastes good too I hear! Adapted minimally from here
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Cake
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 cup honey
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Frosting
- 2 tsps peanut butter
- Carrots and dog biscuits to garnish
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C . Line the base with parchment {I used a 7″ tin}
- Place everything in a large bowl and mix well to combine {use a hand beater on low speed}
- Bake for 40 minutes. Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes; then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Frost with peanut butter. Garnish with carrot cut outs, ribbons and dog biscuits.
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About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
19 Comments
Sarvani (baker in disguise)
Oooo… I’ve seen those dog biscuits too from ‘white on rice’.. time I got down to making them!!! Coco is adorable.. a lil kissy on her birthday!!
Rosa
Coco is so cute and so lucky to have owners like you! An awersome dog cake.
Cheers,
Rosa
belllini
The kids have grown so much that I can hardly call them kids anymore. So has Coco for that matter. Happy birthday to this little treasure.
shooting star
coco is so lovable….i can just imagine how cute she is in real!!
Namita
Hi Deeba,
Coco’s birthday cake and the celebrations that followed really touched my heart. Don’t these moments make life beautiful? The carrot stars on the cake look so lovely. Lucky Coco.
And yes, so are looking gorgeous in sari in the on line shopping store feature( I got the link in FB page)
Charul @ Tadka Masala
Coco is just too cute! And what a name. Love the texture of this cake.
gloria
Always I think she is sooo cute, I remember when was a little puppy one of the most adorable pups I have seen:)
The cake is amazing!
Happy Birthday Coco!!
Im sure my dosg would be happy with this cake!
EKR
How adorable!!! It is so nice to see how much your family loves Coco and how she really is part of the family. I may have to bake a treat for my Oliver on his next birthday – I’m sure he would enjoy a cake like this! 🙂
elaine chan
Happy Birthday to Coco.
She is so blessed to be with you!
Pooja
Deeba!
Gosh! You know what struck me other than Meher’s cute doggie love, or the wonderful cake with Coco’s “complexion” or the hilarious account of frosting-no frosting war?! THE LAD!!!! He has grown up all too soon! I cant believe he is the same cutie chubby lad next door, with that mischief in his eyes we would see once in a while till sometime back. The speed of time has never amazed me so much in a really long time!
Love
Pooja
indugetscooking
😀 😀 Very sweet. Happy Birthday Coco. You are a beauty!
Deeba, I saw your recipes on the GoodFood magazine! Lovely as always. Will be trying them out at my first chance.
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
Happy Birthday sweet Coco! And what a delicious way to celebrate a doggie’s birthday!
vandana rajesh
Coco is simply adorable…so cute. Happy birthday Coco. The cake looks amazing. Deeba also saw your yummy treats in the June issue of Goodfood…simply to die for eggless treats…am surely going to try them. Have been such a big fan of your baking blog…come back here every once a while for the new posts and delights.
shaz
Hello Deeba dear,
How are you? I’ve been out of blogland for too long. Coco is a lucky doggy, your daughter did really well! And your son baked brownies? Watch out, they’ll elbow you out of the kitchen if you’re not careful 😉
Ruchira
Happy to Coco! What a sweet doggie and what a sweet cake. Meher obviously loves are baby dog.
So sweet.
Woodrow Cabriales
How cute, looks delicious! But most important I can feel family spirit from here 🙂
astha mittal
so amazing!!
coco is so cute!!
happy bday biutiful coco!!!
Hina
Deeba, my Momo’s birthday is in January and I was desperately looking for the recipe to bake a cake for hime…pass on my thanks to Meher…God Bless Her!!!
Deeba @ PAB
Thank you Hina. I read your comment out to her…she was grinning from ear to ear. Said THANK YOU!!