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, Morrisons is probably your best bet and local butchers too 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
- A splash of milk
Method
Step 1
Add the liver, the eggs, 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.
Made one which uses the microwave am going to try your version what temperature do you have the oven.
Can this be given to my frenchie who is raw fed, but refuses to eat raw liver?
Yeah it can. My dogs wont eat raw liver either but love it cooked. I’d start with just a little bit of liver cake and see how he gets on. Lovely dog btw 🙂
I’ve created a nightmare. He’s never stopped barking or jumping up my kitchen cabinets to get to his treats. Trouble is I can’t afford to give him anymore as he’s had 6 x 1 inch squares! I took a video which is hilarious. Thanks for this recipe. I used whoemeal flour which I bought for another dog recipe and never got around to using. I only made a third of the recipe and I cooked for one hour in a 12 inch square pan and I have about 100 3/4 inch treats. Thank you so much. I think! Can’t stand the barking for more though….
How long will a batch stay fresh for if refrigerated?
I believe the reason you shouldn’t give too much of it to dogs is that it is a good source of vitamin A, which is good in low doses but toxic if you have too much of it.
Brilliant my dogs are in love!, yum yum for liver cake ???
Thanks Maria. Glad your pups like it.
My 4 Rescues fur babies LOVE the Liver Cake, made 3 so far, so successful , bagged up and froze for when we need em, I do add, grated carrot and oats too, make it all at once as have a large bowel and electric blender, brilliant getting it all done in one go, many thanks indeed, …. appreciate recipes as a pensioner it helps with the pennies.
Does it matter what type of liver is used?
no, any type is fine
Hi my cockerpoo will do anything for liver cake! Like a drug for him! Other biscuits are just not the same. Someone told me though that you shouldn’t give them too much of it for health reasons – have you heard of this?
Liver is a natural laxative so maybe that’s what they meant. Not too much at a time or poss a runny botty.
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