Hi Bold Bakers!
So a lot of you know my dog Waffles, lying here beside me, so he's a big of Bigger Bolder
Baking and a huge hit on social media I might add, he always gets tons of likes.
So it's waffles 6th birthday and I couldn't let that go by without celebrating with a
dog-friendly birthday cake.
So he's gonna hang out here beside me, eat some carrots, and we're gonna make his birthday
cake.
Now as always the recipe can be found on biggerbolderbaking.com and make sure you go over to my website because
I do have a few pet friendly recipes over there.
Okay, waffles.
I have a feeling you're gonna be no help at all so you lie there, hang out, and we're
gonna make your birthday cake.
So I just want to start out by saying you know your pet best so make a call on what
they should eat, I do say that everything in moderation, so only give them a little
bit of the cake, a little bit of each ingredient and they'll be fine.
Okay waffles?
So let's start out in a big bowl.
So because I'm a man down here I'm gonna make it really easy on myself and just start adding
stuff into a bowl.
So add in your eggs, oil, honey, applesauce, peanut butter, and grated carrots.
And then whisk all of these ingredients together.
So so far we're really liking the ingredients that are going into this cake.
Okay so those are out wet ingredients.
Into this we're going to add some whole wheat flour, because it's a cake and it needs flour.
And then a little raising agent to give it that rise.
And then with a spatula just mix until it forms a batter.
So a little note about the peanut butter you want to use, use unsalted, smooth and one
that doesn't contain xylitol because that can be hazardous to dogs.
Now unfortunately this cake is not good for cats because it contains peanut butter and
other ingredients that don't agree with them.
You've got peanut butter all over your face I washed him yesterday in the tub, I got him
nice and clean and now you're filthy.
Okay I'm surprised we've gotten this far and he's still here, so let's get this into our
tins.
Come here waffles.
So divide your mix evenly as you can without getting it eaten, between your two prepared
6 inch tins.
These are nice little small tins and m actually gonna put a link on my website because these
are what you'd use for a smash cake for a child's birthday or for kind of a bakery style
cake they're really handy to have.
I already know waffles likes this raw so I'm sure he's gonna love it baked.
So there you go, there's our dog friendly cake made in one bowl with one hand trying
to stop our dog from eating it all.
Now we're gonna pop these guys into the oven.
Bake your cakes off at 350°F/180°C for roughly 30-35 minutes.
So while our cakes are in the oven let me tell you a little bit about waffles in case
you don't know him.
Waffles is a Wheaton terrier laso-apso mix, we adopted him 5 years ago from NKLA which
is a no-kill shelter in here LA.
He was around 5 pounds lighter he was shaved from head to toe.
He looked like a little lion because he had hair on top of his head and had hair on his
tail but nothing in between.
He was there by himself and they think he was living on the streets for a while, he
had really bad anxiety, but myself and Kevin went to go see him at the shelter, we loved
him, we knew he was going to be a gorgeous dog, super lovely temperament, especially
since he's a terrier mix, he's just super friendly, really lovable if you've met waffles
you'll know.
Are you gonna lie down man?
Okay you lie down there.
I'll tell a story.
So that was 5 years ago so now he's 6 and he's like a different dog.
A lot of time went into him, but he really has transformed.
So if you wanna see more of waffles check out my instagram especially my stories, gemma_stafford
he is always in there making an appearance because he follows me around the house all
day long, so he makes for great Instagram content.
So true story once or twice I've been out in my neighborhood and I know people have
recognized me because of waffles every time they look at me and they look down at him
and then they say is that waffles?
Because you're famous, you're a famous doggie.
So our cakes are out of the oven as you can see my co-star peaced out hard, now come here
to me, I want to show you what your cake looks like when it's done.
It is a little golden brown, just a little bit of color, and if you put your finger in
the middle of it, it's firm underneath so it is nicely baked.
What I'm going to do now is set these aside let them cool down completely in the tin.
So the layers of our cake have cooled down now the next part is super simple, what I
have here is some smooth peanut butter, remember the note I said about peanut butter earlier,
no xylitol.
What you want to do is just smear this on one layer of your cake.
Just a thin layer.
Pop on your hat, or your top.
Then on the top of your cake frost it with a little bit more peanut butter.
Just like that.
So here I have some birthday candles, because waffles is very special and deserves birthday
candles.
Just gonna pop those on top.
It's probably a good thing he's not here for this part because I want him to be really
surprised when he sees the cake, not like fake surprised.
Gorgeous, look at that.
I have to say this is my first doggie birthday cake and it's pretty rockin.
I think that's really awesome.
So if I'm gonna go to so much trouble to make my dog a birthday cake of course I'm gonna
put it on a cake pedestal make it look really nice take it outside and do a doggie photo
shoot.
Let's go.
So cut your dog a piece of cake, then slice the rest and keep it in the freezer for the
future.
So I hope you enjoyed this waffles episode he is such a big part of our team and our
family, I know I enjoyed it.
Probably not as much as he did.
But anyway thanks so much for watching and I'll see you back here really soon for more
Bigger Bolder Baking.
Yeah!
Was that a nice birthday cake?