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.
Thank you so much. I have been making this for my two ridgebacks for a year or so now and they are mad for it! My only problem is that I almost always get a crust that lifts during baking resulting in the cut pieces loosing their tops. Am I doing something wrong?
Hmm, never had a problem with crusts before. What flour do you use? Are you using eggs and milk?
Do you use a fan assisted oven? I wonder if the temp is too high for a fan oven, I will try at a lower temp when I make the next batch next week 🙂
I have same problem but is no real problem just means the dogs and cats (they love it too) get a little extra treat whenI cut it up lol
Just posted your link up on my Facebook page so you’ll find everyone will be baking for their pooch soon!! 😀 Did have to put a little “warning” though for the squeemish ones, regarding the pigs head :O xx
WONDERFUL!! Used it a few years back trying to get a feral dog into my house – 3 years on and she’s living the high life with us…and recently had to up my game with a foster boy who isn’t food orientated….well liver cake and tiny bits of smoked cheese are working a treat – literally!! Love the fact I can freeze this AND that I know EXACTLY what’s in it. Thank you so much! Bob Tails xx
Thanks Bob!
This is fantastic! So simple to make, and much loved by our two dogs – they will do anything for a bit of liver cake.
Thanks for that Jo! Love hearing how dogs love their homemade treats!
Made this for my dogs birthday, my two and all his doggie friends loved it!
changed the wheat flour for rice flour due to them not having wheat and left out milk but it still turned out great.
thanks for the great easy recipe but it has to be the most disgusting thing I’ve ever made lol
Thanks Margaret! It is very messy and a nightmare to clean the hand blender afterwards but at least it’s pretty simple!
Looks great! I’m baking this tonight for one of my retired greyhounds birthdays, problem is there’s two dogs..So is it better to double the mixture or bake two cakes? I guess doubling will take 3 hours to bake?
Cheers!
Hi Stu! This recipe makes one very large cake, enough for many dogs!
My dogs love this recipe.i add apples or carrots too.
It’s my eldest Labradors 10th birthday tomorrow so I have made this for him, he is very excited.
I filled it with cottage cheese and iced it with cream cheese.
So glad I found this recipe, thank you!
Thanks Linda! I’ve thought a lot about icing the cake. Would love to see a pic next time you make it! Give you Lab a big birthday kiss from me!
I have a black lab and a staffy. It’s my labs 13th birthday tomorrow and i’m gonna make your cake. I’ll let you know what she thinks. I’m sure she’ll love it as in true lab style she is a greedy guts and she loves liver 🙂
Hi Rebecca!
A big happy birthday to you Lab! I hope she has a great day and am sure she’ll love your live cake!