Easy Pupcakes!
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Easy dog friendly pupcakes for your furry friends with banana and peanut butter and a cream cheese topping!
Dog friendly pupcakes!
So recently my beautiful golden retriever fur child Rolo turned three years old, and I am still fully and utterly obsessed with how cute he is. We got him as an 8 week old ball of golden fluff, and he is still just as gorgeous now, even if he is a lot bigger.
For his first two birthdays I wanted to make him dog friendly cupcakes (puppy + cupcakes = pupcakes), and I either haven’t had time, or have got him some other treats… but this year I was determined to actually make them. And I am so glad I did, because they are 100% his favourite treat ever.
Pupcakes!
Some people may have read this post and thought “why on earth are you giving your dog human food” or “I thought these would be dog themed cupcakes but for humans” but no… they are in fact perfectly edible cupcakes, but pupcakes.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think dogs should be given much ‘human’ food at all, but every now and again (and in the correct form) it doesn’t hurt. Most dog food or treats have flour or other ingredients in to make them actually what they are anyway!
Rolos diet
I feed Rolo Royal Canine golden retriever food and we always have done since we got him – we weigh it out each day, and he is a healthy and happy boy. His mostly eaten treats are in fact vegetables or fruit. We would be perfectly happy with giving him the ‘raw’ diet, but the cost factor of it and storage of the food is what put us off!
Rolo adores carrots, cucumber, banana and such like. Don’t worry, he doesn’t eat loads of each, but they’re much better than actual dog treats! Occasionally he’ll have bonios, or gravy bones, but he bloody loves a piece of cucumber.
So, because we are quite strict, we thought that some Pupcakes couldn’t hurt – and he is OBSESSED with them! Honestly, if my hand goes anywhere near the tub with them in, his eyes light up and he looks like a puppy again! Those begging eyes are irresistible.
Ingredients
The actual pupcake mixture itself only has eight ingredients, which may sound like a lot.. but when you break it down, the ingredients are actually perfectly fine! These could be eaten by humans as there is nothing in there that we wouldn’t eat either!
Banana, peanut butter, wholemeal flour, oats, egg, honey, water and baking powder. Nothing sinister in there! They are essentially just a very healthy banana bread recipe, which is good! They’re so easy to make as well, as it’s basically just mushing everything together in a bowl and baking!
Topping
I chose to top mine with a small dash of cream cheese, and this may be a shock to some people – but the tiniest amount of cream cheese is fine for the dog. It’s mainly just there to make it look a bit more cupcake like, and be able to stick a biscuit down on!
As with any type of food that isn’t a common thing for a dog to eat, they should only be eaten in small quantities, and that’s why Rolo would only eat one in the day (and maybe two if he’s been really very very good) and I am happy with that.
Peanut butter
One thing I must point out however, and many of you dog owners will already know that with peanut butter you must make sure it does NOT contain Xylitol as it’s very dangerous for our furry friends – this only tends to be in cheaper and not as nice peanut butters anyway – and I tend to buy peanut butters that are 100% peanut! You also need to make sure there is no added salt. For you UK people, I use the Meridian brand!
Inspiration
I was inspired by the recipe from Primrose Bakery Christmas book, but altered them to be larger (as I found them to bake much better this way), and also a few more, so Rolos furry friends could have them too! You can easily half the recipe to only make 6! I hope your furry friends enjoy! x
Easy Pupcakes
Ingredients
Pupcakes
- 2 ripe bananas
- 150 g peanut butter (SEE NOTES BELOW)
- 2 medium eggs
- 75 g honey
- 100 g wholemeal flour
- 75 g rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking powder (optional)
- 125 ml water
Topping
- 12 tsps cream cheese
- 12 Dog biscuits
Instructions
- Preheat your Oven to 180C/160C Fan and get 12 cupcake cases ready - I use the Iced Jems ones!
- Add your banana to a bowl and mash up.
- Add in the peanut butter, eggs, and honey and mix together until combined.
- Add in the flour, oats and baking powder and mix until combined - it will be quite thick.
- Add in the water a little at a time until all mixed in!
- Split evenly between the 12 cases, and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until browned on top.
- Leave the pupcakes to cool fully, and remove from their cases (so the furry friends don't eat them!)
- Spread over a teaspoon of cream cheese per pupcake, and add on a dog biscuit!
Notes
- IMPORTANT - You MUST make sure your peanut butter does NOT contain Xylitol - it's poisonous for dogs. It's also best to use one with no added salt.
- I use the smooth Meridian peanut butter!
- This recipe was inspired by the Primrose Bakery Christmas book!
- You can half the recipe to make six pupcakes, or split half into twelve if you have a smaller dog who eats less! Bake them for 10 minutes if they are smaller.
- I store these in the fridge with or without the cream cheese when its hot - but if it was Winter, and there wasn't any cream cheese on them yet, then room temperature is fine.
- These freeze well!
ENJOY!
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My son reviewed your recipe for our dog, 10/10 would recommend. Hope you enjoy the video!
That’s so cute!! Yay!
How long do these last in the fridge, do you know? I only have one small dog and I made 12 because we didn’t use the ingredients it called for anyway lol.
Hi jane i was going to make these next weekend for my dog but unsure if its self raising or plain flour to use. In these comments i notice youve put both plain and self raising in reply to people asking the same question so i was just curious which it is you use 🙂
You can pretty much use either as it’s just for the doggo, but I have only ever used plain wholemeal x
These are awesome, are they cat friendly too?
I’m unsure as I’ve never had a cat, sorry!
Hi Jane! Making these next week and just wondered – is the wholemeal flour, plain or self raising?🐾x
Plain x
Is it ok to use almond butter in stead of peanut?
As long as your dog is okay with almonds (some can be intolerant) and the almond butter has no additives – it should be okay!
Hiya what peanut butter brand exactly would you use?
Hey! I mention this in the post – I use the meridian brand, but any that are pure peanut butter with no added salt/xylitol etc is fine! You can find it in pet shops too!
I made some for my dog to celebrate his gotcha day this weekend. I couldn’t get wholewheat flour so I blended the equivalent weight of oats and used that instead & it worked perfectly. Also couldn’t get cream cheese (everyone seems to be baking and making cheesecakes in lock down I think) so I just topped with a wee bit of PNB & a gravy bone . I used sun pat smooth, it doesn’t have xylitol in, I contacted them and checked to be sure before I went ahead.He really loves it, thank you for the recipe Jane
Would it be possible to use this recipe to make a cake?
Yes it should be fine!! I’d bake it into an 8″ tin, but I’m not 100% sure on baking time – probably at least 30 minutes or so!
amazing!!!!
Making these for the first time, they are in the oven as we speak.
I did scroll across the page but I couldn’t find how long these pupcakes last at room temp. I also wondered how long their freeze life is?
Hiya! They should be fine for 3+ days, and freeze for up to 3 months! Hope this helps! x
Is wholemeal strong bread flour okay as that’s all I could get?
I’m afraid I haven’t tried these with bread flour before! Regular flour can be substituted, as well, but I haven’t tried bread flour!
Hi. Just wondering if I would be able to use the dog peanut butter for these? Instead of actual peanut butter?
Thanks
I don’t see why not!
Hi I love this.. I haven’t made them yet but just wondered how long they should be kept for after being made? If put in the fridge like you suggested will they last a couple days or not?
Thank you
Yep, they’ll last a few days! And they need to be in the fridge if you’ve used the cream cheese.
Great recipe! So easy to do – and my pup couldn’t get enough of them! Thank you!
Does it matter if the wholemeal flour is plain or self raising? x
Hiya! No this doesn’t matter. Enjoy! x
Amazing!! My dogs absolutely loved these!
Hi Jane, thank you for sharing this recipe -good to think of the doggos too!
Do you think the recipe would also work as a cake?? Xx
I don’t see why it wouldn’t!!