Pupcake Recipe - Khazi's Birthday Series

Today was Khazi’s second birthday (the first birthday she has had while living with us) so I decided to make her a special dog birthday cake a.k.a. a pupcake. This was my first time cooking the recipe and I am happy to say she LOVED it! I actually hate baking so it goes to show how much I love her, it also helps that she begs to eat my cooking while the rest of my family begs me to keep it away from them :P. Although I did see my brother walk away with a pupcake because he said they smelled good, he brought it back when I told him it was a dog treat. This recipe will make a dozen standard sized cupcakes and your pup (or maybe your brother) will want every last one.

Pupcake with icing

Pupcake Ingredients

2 cups shredded carrots
3 cups spelt flower (I wanted to use gluten free flower but I ran out)
½ cup spelt flakes
2 apples or ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 tsp cinnamon
3 eggs
1-1 ½ cups of cranberries

Icing Ingredients

2 ½ tbsp. sun butter (I am allergic to peanuts)
2 Tbsp. plain yogurt

Making Apple Sauce

There is nothing wrong with using store bought apple sauce for this recipe if it is unsweetened. I didn’t have any on hand so I made my own. Making apple sauce is very easy, all you need to do is to wash your apples and put them in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. Check your apples regularly because one of my apples cooked faster than the other, obviously the larger the apple the longer the cook time. I used one large apple and one medium apple. The apple will start to leak juice and split a bit, the skin should be a bit firm but when you poke underneath the skin needs to be mushy. Once you have found the proper consistency you can either mash it by hand or put it in a food processor. I just used a fork and pressed down on the skin, it fell apart right away so I mashed with the skin intact. I chose this method to save myself from having to do extra dishes and the mashing process only took a minute or two anyway. I removed the seeds as I found them, and when I was finished I was able to scoop the sauce right off of the skin.  You can also add the skin to the recipe if you wish but my dog doesn’t like it.

Making the Pupcake Batter

Preheat the oven to 350

Lightly oil your cupcake pan

Thaw frozen cranberries in the microwave for 30 seconds with a tiny bit of water.

Mix together the carrots, eggs, and apple sauce in a large bowl

In a separate bowl, mix together the flower, spelt flakes, and cinnamon

Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until the batter becomes doughy and sticky. It is easiest to use an electric mixer.

Put the batter into the pan, filling it to the top. Don’t worry about over filling because the pupcakes don’t rise very much.

Next add your cranberries by pushing them into the top of the batter. I used four cranberries in each pupcake.

Bake for 20-23 minutes and let them completely cool before icing.

How to make the icing

The icing is the easiest part of the Pupcake, all you have to do is to put the sun or peanut butter into a bowl with the plain yogurt and mix until smooth. If you find it is too thin you can add more peanut butter and if it is too thick add more yogurt. Put the mix into a freezer bag, cut the corner and you are ready to ice your pupcake. Make sure your pupcakes are fully cooled before adding the icing or it will melt. 

Pupcakes straight out of the oven

Iced Pupcake

My pup is growing up. Don't worry we didn't light the candle, or even give it to her, this was for picture purposes only.

She licked all the icing off first then managed to eat the entire pupcake in one bite. She was loving the icing so much the floor got a bit messy, I need to remember to give her a plate next time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KHAZI, I LOVE YOU!