Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Puppy Dog Birthday Cake

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Over three weeks ago, in August, while we were in Germany, my baby turned two.  His current favorite thing is puppies, so I looked for puppy cake ideas.  I found a picture of one with no directions, but it looked easy enough, so we attempted it.  

You just bake two round cakes (8 or 9-inch).  Leave one intact and cut the other into sort of a yin-yang shape.  (Bring back memories of the 90's, anyone?!)  Then trim the pieces if necessary to make them look more puppy-dog-ish.  Frost the head in one color, adding sophisticated texture, if desired, as shown above.  With a different color, make a mound of frosting for the "snout".  The mouth is two red fruit snacks & the nose is part of an Oreo.  The rest of the mouth is Nutella, piped from a sandwich bag.  The eyes are PB M&M's.  The cake is a simple yellow cake from my mom's old Betty Crocker cookbook.
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Puppy be smokin'.


Starlight Yellow Cake
from Betty Crocker, via Cinnamon Spice

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups milk

1.  Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease bottom and sides of 2 round pans 9 X 1 1/2 inches, with butter and lightly flour.

2.  In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add the vanilla and eggs and mix until combined.  In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternatively with milk, mixing until just combined. 

3.  Pour into pans, dividing equally. Bake 9-inch rounds 25 to 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

4.  Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack and cool completely before frosting.

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8 comments:

Sonya said...

Oh my goodness..that is all sorts of cute!

Unknown said...

That is adorable. I may need to copy you, since we have a 2-year birthday coming up in less than two weeks.

What a Dish! said...

You should! Happy Birthday to your little guy!

Unknown said...

Thanks sooo much for posting this! My son is going to be 2 on Friday and he also loves puppies but everywhere I've checked only has paw patrol items as of where i wanted just puppies! Can't wait to try it!

Unknown said...

Hi. This is adorable. In the directions it says make a rectangular cake and 2 round cakes. What is the rectangular one for?

What a Dish! said...

Hi Unknown,

Sorry for the late reply- I'm not sure why I said a rectangular pan- I didn't use a rectangular pan at all. I deleted that part from the recipe. You just need two round pans for this.

Anonymous said...

Do you have an instagram account to follow?

What a Dish! said...

Sorry, Anonymous, I don't.