How to Make Liver Cake
This is the world's most popular homemade dog treat—and for good reason! It's incredibly simple to make, uses cheap, everyday ingredients, and your dog will absolutely love it.
Liver is easy to find in any supermarket (Morrisons is a great bet) or from your local butcher. The recipe calls for roughly 500g (about 1lb), but don't worry if your pack is a bit more or less—this recipe is very forgiving. If you don't have liver, you can easily swap it for other proteins like minced beef, kidney, heart, chicken livers, or even tuna!
This cake is perfect as a training treat, a special birthday cake, or even to sell at fairs. You can top it with cream cheese for a "frosting" or bake the mixture in a cupcake tray for individual pupcakes (check out my pupcake recipe for details).
For this recipe, you'll need a 9" cake tin. You can find one online here.
Equipment
- 1 9" Cake tin
Ingredients
- 500 g Liver (approx. 1lb, a standard pack)
- 2 Eggs
- 200 g Wholemeal flour (200g = 7 ounces)
- Splash of milk
Instructions
- Add the liver, the eggs and a splash of milk to a jug.
- And blend it. It should look a bit like a smoothie once done.
- Transfer the mix to a large bowl and add 200g (7oz) of flour
- 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.
- Grease a cake tin with a little butter.
- Empty your mix into cake tin, making sure it’s level.
- Put cake tin into the middle of a preheated oven at 160ºC (320ºF/Gas Mark 3) and cook for about 45 mins.
- Right, it should now be cooked. Yummy!
- It’s easier to cut while it’s still warm.
- 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.
This recipe is fab, I have a german shepherd who is in no way food oriented, so sometimes can make training harder work……except when it comes to this liver cake. she will (literally) do anythng for this. Thank you very much.
Thansk Nikki! All dogs seem to love this recipe! I once sold it at a gala day and a black Labrador dragged it’s owner to my stall!
I have a little yorkie who suffers badly with constipation .i was told to use this and I put mine in little cup cakes and she loves them. It is also helping her .
That’s great that she likes them and they are helping her! Liver is a natural laxative!
Thanks for the recipe!! I have 6 dogs so I can cut up and put the whole cake in a freezer bag and put in the refrigerator and it lasts me about a week. They love it and all hang out in the kitchen while I’m making it. Doesn’t cost much to make and is very easy.
Thanks for your reply, Robin! It’s great how easy it is to make! I love the fact the you can chuck it all together, bake it and the dogs will always love it!
You say put in the oven but what kind of temperature are we talking about and if I am putting it in a round cake tin what diameter should it have?
Hi Kate,
Pic 8, temp 150c. The smaller the size the quicker it will cook, you should just keep an eye on it. For example the tray size above will take about 1hr 30 mins – 2 hours but a cupcake size will take around 40 mins.
Thanks Jamie, thats a real help! I’m sure my dog will love this recipe and will be watching me the whole time!
Thanks for letting me know I appreciate it!
Hi, I like your style it’s my dogs b day and they love it thx:-)
Hi, This recipe looks great and I can’t wait to make it for my dogs! I have a question though… you say to freeze once cooled, but how long will they last without being frozen?? My reason for asking is because I want to make and sell some doggie treats for a charity event and want to be able tell my customers how to store them. Please help!! x
In the fridge they should last about 5 days pretty easily…probably a bit longer. In the freezer as long as it’s put in fresh it will last months and months and months! Been told this by a canine dietician!
I can only get cow’s liver, is that ok to use?
Hi Niki. Any liver will do. I’m sure you’ll be surprised how easy it is to make and your dogs will love it!!
Hi, I was looking for a recipe for my dog’s birthday. i’m going to make your cake for him and his friends. I hope my result will look as nice as your cake. Your last sentence about the dog watching you the whole time, made me laugh. Pretty shure its going to be the same here! 🙂