A STEP BY STEP GUIDE
I make the mixture in 2 batches because it’s quite heavy work for the hand blender but if you have a powerful blender then you can do it all in one go, personally I just use a cheap hand blender and it’s really easy to clean afterwards. It’s a very simple recipe and cheap to make, all supermarkets sell liver so it’s easy to find but if you can’t get liver you can try other meats, like minced beef, kidney, heart, chicken liver or even tuna! Once cooked put what you wont be using in the next couple of days in the freezer until needed. Defrosts in just minutes once out of the freezer.
Ideal as a treat, a dog birthday cake, selling at fairs etc etc.
INGREDIENTS
- 1kg (2.2 lbs) of liver
- 4 Eggs
- 400g (1 ¾ cups) Wholemeal flour
- 1 crushed garlic clove – optional. But isn’t garlic bad for dogs?
METHOD
1. Blend half the liver, 2 eggs, a splash of milk and half the garlic (optional).
2. It should look a bit like a smoothie once done.
3. Add half the flour
4. Mix flour with a fork until it’s a thick sticky goo. You can add a bit more flour if it’s not thick enough.
5. You can line a baking tray with tin foil (you really don’t have too) and add a little oil on top of the tray.
6. Empty mix onto tray and repeat process with other half of the ingredients adding that to the tray as well.
7. Make sure it’s all level and even. Should now look a bit like this.
8. Put tray into a preheated oven at 150ºC (300ºF) and cook for about 1hr – 1hr 30 mins.
9. Right, it should now be cooked. Yummy!
10. It’s easier to cut while it’s still warm.
11. Cut into squares and once cooled freeze for when you need them.
12. If your dog is like mine, she will have watched you the entire time.
What temp should oven be please, ?
150ºC (300ºF)
Do you know how long this would last if kept in fridge not the freezer?
Thank you!
Well, cause it’s for a dog, maybe a week at most, defo a few days anyway. If it looks or begins to smell then you know it’s past it’s best. I’ve never had to keep it in fridge for long, it gets eaten pretty fast.
Hello. If you freeze meats/ organs to make them easier to cut thinly do you then need to defrost before putting them in the dehydrator?
Many thanks.
the think strips will be semi defrosted by the time they are put on dehydrator so no.
I made my dog a couple of batches of liver cakes following your recipe.I used chicken & lambs liver (separately) & they went down a storm,she LOVES them.I now use the words “wanna get some CAKES?” to get my dog to come home without fuss!Thank You So Much!!!
Thanks Sally. I’ve done the same at Christmas putting them in glass jars, the dogs really like them. Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you so much for these recipes! I’ve just had a ‘baking for Emil’ day and have made liver cake, sardine oatcakes and dried chicken strips. He has thoroughly enjoyed helping me! Tomorrow we’re going to make bone broth jelly babies. Many thanks for sharing!
my understanding is that liver is very rich. i boil liver 15 mins. in water. cool a little. throw it in the food processor and after it’s done, add the same amount of pumpkin( this offsets the richness). make little patties ( quarter size?). oil a cookie sheet , or use parchment paper. cook on low oven(300?) for one hr. flip over for another hr. i keep some in the fridge and the rest in the freezer. i think i got the recipe from the Whole Dog Journal. haven’t met a dog yet that doesn’t like them.
Hey Jamie, I make liver cake too and I add a tin of sardines to it for omegas and extra stinky flavour. Try it!
Thanks Anni, I will!