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.
Thank you so much for this recipe, Jamie. My Papillon menagerie are on a raw food diet but turn their nose up at raw offal so this is how I get it in em. It’s been a lifesaver. So simple too. I put the liver through the fine bit of a mincer so then I can bung all the ingredients together in a bog bowl as one big batch 🙂
Thanks Mary! I’ll try the chicken livers next time I make it.
Hi Jamie, I just found your site and all your wonderful recipes. I’m hoping to make this liver cake tonight as my dog Lucy has suddenly lost all recall training and we need to start from scratch with a tempting treat to lure her to me. Do you think this would work with cous cous or mashed up sweet potato instead of flour? Any type of flour seems to make Lucy’s skin flaky. Thanks in advance for your help.
Tbh, if it’s for training then you can’t beat dried liver treats! https://www.bdws.co.uk/2011/05/08/homemade-liver-treat-recipe/
I’ve done the dried liver treats too Jamie, Lucy loves them, in fact so did the two Lurchers who sniffed them out in my pocket from across the playing fields yesterday!
I wanted something for my dog who has recently been diagnosed Cushing’s Disease, she’s hungry all the time & losing lots of weight, but has become a bit fussy since being diagnosed, so I thought this might perk her up. It has certainly done the trick, both dogs love it. Thank you!
Thanks Nicola! I’m sorry to hear about your dog but glad she likes the liver cake!
I’ve just put a batch in the oven. You’re right, I was watched the whole time!!
Hi Jamie! I just want to thank you so much for this amazing recipe. The liver flavoured treats where I live are too expensive and my beagle, Charlie, loves liver so much. I tried making this for him, just to test if he likes it and just so I don’t have to spend a ton of money on treats. He was taking a nap when I put them in the oven and as soon as they were done. He woke up and started jumping in front of the oven. Needless to say, he loves the brownies! Thank you so much for this recipe!
-Jea
Thanks Jea! Glad you and your dog like them! 🙂
Hi, Can I ask how I check if its cooked through? May sound silly but I am more used to baking “regular” cakes than liver cake and have no idea how to tell when its done.
Thank you
P.s also tried the tuna loaf which didn’t last long!!
Hi Julie! Thanks for commenting! I hope your lab has a great 1st birthday! Liver cake is great for birthday treats!
Hi, tonight I have just baked my first liver cake and my 11 month old labrador loves it, we now have a stocked freezer! She is 1 on the 10th April so will be making this as a birthday cake, great easy recipe thank you.