Valentine's Day is the perfect time to show your pets how much you love them. It doesn't have to be a day of store-bought treats; however, you can make some delicious and pet-friendly desserts for them at home. Pet-friendly dessert recipes are designed with the nutritional needs of animals in mind and use ingredients that are safe for consumption by dogs, cats, or other furry friends.
Homemade pet-friendly desserts have a lot of benefits, such as being able to customise the recipe to fit each animal’s dietary restrictions and preferences, as well as knowing precisely what ingredients were used in the final product. With just a few simple ingredients and steps, you can create tasty treats that will show your furry companions just how much they mean to you on Valentine’s Day!
Yummy Pup-cakes
Pupcakes are a great home cooked treat for dog owners. This easy dessert requires just a few simple ingredients like pumpkin puree, oats, and bananas. You can even customize the flavour by adding different fruits or vegetables such as blueberries, carrots, applesauce, etc. The combination of these dog friendly ingredients makes delicious little cupcakes that your pup is sure to love!
Ingredients
Pup-cakes
- 1cup whole wheat flour
- ¼ rolled oats
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup pumpkin purée
- 2 carrots, peeled and grated
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ripe bananas
“Icing”
- 1 block cream cheese
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
Directions
- Preheat a fan-forced oven to 140°C (275°F) or a conventional oven to 160°C (320°F). Line a cupcake tin with silver lined cupcake liners.
- Add the flour, rolled oats and baking powder to a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to mix until well combined.
- Add the eggs, oil, mashed bananas and mashed pumpkin into the bowl and mix using a spatula until well combined. Then add the grated carrot and mix to combine.
- Use a scoop to scoop the mixture into the cupcake liners. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow pupcakes to cool completely.
- To make the frosting mix together the room temperature cream cheese and peanut butter.
(Source: The Scran Line)
Tuna Tart
These tuna tarts are sure to make your kitty cat’s go crazy! That’s right, a cake made with tuna! This delicious cake consists of tuna, egg whites and shrimp; packed full of packed full of vitamins and minerals for your fur ball. Here’s all you need:
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 can tuna, drained
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 egg white
- ⅛ teaspoon shredded mild Cheddar cheese
- 4 peeled, cooked shrimp
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 muffin tin cups with cooking spray.
- Combine tuna, flour, egg white, and Cheddar cheese in a bowl. Fill the prepared muffin cups equally with the mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Let cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Garnish cakes with shrimp.
(Source: allrecipes)
Bunny Carrot Cake
Carrot cake is a classic dessert that can be enjoyed by everyone, rabbits included! This recipe calls for grated carrots, parsley leaves, and lettuce for ‘flavour’, plus rolled oats to help it rise. For the icing, mash up an overripe banana to create an indulgent topping that’s sure to delight your furry friends.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup rolled oats
- 1 tbsp. parsley leaves
- 1 Romaine lettuce leaf
- 3 tbsp shredded carrot +1 tbsp for garnish
- 1/4 overripe banana
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place oats, parsley, lettuce and 3 tbsp. carrot into food processor.
- Process until the vegetables look flaky and the mixture can be pressed into a sticky dough.
- Press the dough into the round dough cutter. Bake the cake inside the dough cutter at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes.
- Mash ¼ of an overripe banana with a fork until smooth.
- Spoon the mashed banana onto the top of the cake, and spread to cover the top with banana “icing.”
- Sprinkle remaining 1 tbsp. shredded carrot on top of the cake and remove the cake from the dough cutter.
(Source: bechewy)
Homemade pet-friendly desserts are an excellent way to show your furry friends just how much you care this Valentine’s Day. Not only can these treats be made with ingredients you probably already have at home, but it's a great way to bond with your pet!
From pupcakes and delicious tuna tarte to a play on the classic carrot cake– there are plenty of options for creating tasty treats that your pets will love! So go ahead and give them something special this year – it will surely make their day a little brighter!
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