How to make liver cake
This liver cake recipe is very simple to make, cheap and the perfect cake for dogs. All supermarkets sell liver so it’s easy to find but if you can’t get liver you can use other ingredients for your dog cake mix, like minced beef, kidney, heart, chicken livers or even tuna! Once cooked put what you won’t be using in the next couple of days in the freezer until needed. Defrosts in just minutes once out of the freezer. You can top with cream cheese if you want to add frosting. Alternatively, instead of using a cake tin try using a cupcake tray. Check out my pupcake recipe for details. Or for a different cake recipe try my carrot cake recipe for dogs.
Liver cake is deal as a treat, a dog birthday cake, selling at fairs etc.
We’ll be using a 9″ cake tin. You can buy online here.
Items Needed
- 9″ cake tin
- Hand Blender
Ingredients
- 500g ( 1lb) of liver
- 2 Eggs
- 200g (7oz) Wholemeal flour
- 1 crushed garlic clove or 1 small teaspoon of lazy garlic – optional. But isn’t garlic bad for dogs?
- A splash of milk
Method
Step 1
Add the liver, the eggs, the garlic and a splash of milk to a jug.
Step 2
And blend it. It should look a bit like a smoothie once done.
Step 3
Transfer the mix to a large bowl and add 200g (7oz) of flour.
Step 4
Mix ingredients until it’s a thick sticky goo. You can add a bit more flour if it’s not thick enough. But it should be fine.
Step 5
Grease a cake tin with a little butter.
Step 6
Empty your mix into cake tin, making sure it’s level.
Step 7
Put cake tin into the middle of a preheated oven at 160ºC (320ºF/Gas Mark 3) and cook for about 45 mins.
Step 8
Right, it should now be cooked. Yummy!
Step 9
It’s easier to cut while it’s still warm.
Step 10
Cut into squares and fridge. Freeze what you won’t use in a few days.
If your dog is like mine, she will have watched you the entire time.
Thanks, these are great! I was wondering if freezing raw chicken or raw salmon (I heard there is a bacteria in it that is deadly to dogs) is not dangerous?
I tried this recipe with 800grams of liver. Took ages longer to dry (fair buff there was more of it).
BUT it totally crumbles t after it’s been in my treat bag for 5 minutes, making it useless.
Did I do something wrong?
I have always been told by vets that garlic should never be given to dogs. So is there something better to substitute?
just dont add it if you dont want it, doesnt need a substitute.
Oh, wow, this is an amazing article!
My dog loves dried fruit – banana, apple, and a bit of apricot, pineapple – and is obsessed with dried sweet potato, but they are all becoming very expensive in the UK. Do you have recommendations for how long to dehydrate these non-meat products?
My dog really loves dried banana that is still a bit chewy. Only one place sells it and it is £4.20 or so for 100g. I’ve never tried dehydrating anything but would it be easy to get the banana to that chewy stage rather than becoming the hard, brittle, banana chip that is usually what goes for dried banana?
Any tips for dehydrating sweet potato?
I only have the dehydration function on an air fryer, and an air fryer oven: do you have any tips on ensuring fruit and veg doesn’t stick to the tray (or is this not an issue with dehydration?).
Do you recommend specific cuts of beef? I don’t eat beef myself so I’m clueless on what the different ones are.
Thanks for the ideas. Everything is getting ludicrously expensive and I would rather work out how to give my pup her favourites with dehydrating fruit, veg, and meat, than having to cut back. I came here looking for a biltong recipe and found so many other ideas!
What is the quantity of couscous in your fish recipe please anita