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you can find our
products at
www.thecaninecookery.com
6" x 2" Wilton pans
cakes before frosting
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1-layer cakes with
optional bone-shaped candles
2-layer cake with
kibble & treat decorations
Mardi Gras dog cake
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baking
ideas for
puppy party dog cake
mix
Once upon a time, our favorite bone-shaped cake pan was out of stock at
the manufacturer. So we decided
to find more baking options for
puppy party, our all-natural
dog cake mix.
We checked out Wilton cake pans (http://www.wilton.com),
then went shopping at a Michael's Craft Store. We found just the pan,
from Wilton---round, 6" across, 2" deep, at $5.99.
Perhaps designed to make the top layer of multi-tier cakes, we thought
it would be cute for dog parties. We bought 2, since there would
be too much batter for one 6" pan.
Wilton recommends coating the inside of this pan with their Cake
Release product or with shortening lightly dusted with flour, but we used the
Spectrum canola oil baking spray we had on hand. Our cake
mix makes about 2 cups of batter, and we used half for each layer.
We set both pans on one cookie sheet in the top third of the oven.
Baking time was 35 minutes at 350 degrees, but probably would have been
longer if each layer were baked alone. After cooling, the cakes
had to be "nudged" to leave their pans, but came out intact.
easy &
cute
dog cake decorations
There are 2 frosting recipes on packages
of
puppy party
dog cake mix. We put peanut butter
frosting on one layer, banana on the
other. For decorations, we added dog treats, with small kibble
around the edge of one layer.
Of course, we like to use our bone-shaped candle, but a treat at the
center of these cakes looks cute, too.
Since we're writing this page during Carnival season in Louisiana, just
a few days before Fat Tuesday, we couldn't resist making a Mardi Gras
dog cake, decorated with well-washed parade throws. Of course,
plastic beads and medallions, candles and other non-edible decorations have to be
removed and put safely out of dog-reach before serving, so that no one
gets a bite of something they shouldn't.
about those
aluminum cake pans.....
A brief caveat: this is an aluminum pan, and some people have concerns
about the impact of that cookware material on health. In our
kitchens, we limit the use of aluminum to items we don't use so often,
like our stove-top popcorn popper and this little pan. As with everything else, it's a
personal decision.....
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