Most cat parents are aware of the importance of a cat’s birthday. It is essential to make your cat feel loved and give it attention, as cats always love attention, making them jolly and active. Hence, when preparing a birthday cake for cats, you want the best recipe and ingredients.
Treat Your Cat to a Delightful Birthday Cake
A special birthday cake for your cat is the one you make yourself, as everyone knows that that’s the definition of love. Serving only special cat food for your cat’s special day won’t do the trick, but a birthday cake screams celebration and love.
Hence, you can whip up some yummy home delights and cakes for your cat. But before making any of those, you might want to lock your cat out of the kitchen, as there is a good chance that half of your ingredients might end up missing if it is in the kitchen with you.
Here are a few recipes for a special birthday cake that your cat will appreciate and probably jump up with joy.
Tuna and Chicken Birthday Cake
This is one of the most appreciated birthday cakes for cats, as it has the ingredients which a cat usually loves. Here are the ingredients:
1-5 ounces of can white tuna in water without salt
Half a cut of diced chicken
Half a cup of sweet potato puree
Use rice flour, but it is optional
Mashed potatoes for the frosting of the cake is also optional
Use waxed paper to line a small rimmed baking sheet. After this, open a can of tuna and then drain the excess water away. Scoop it into a medium mixing bowl and flake the tuna into small minute bits.
After this, add the diced chicken and strip in the sweet potato puree. If the mixture is too watery, add rice flour to firm up a bit. Next, place a round cookie cutter on a plate and then scoop the mixture. Repeat the process and make several mini cakes. Then frost the cake with the mashed potatoes.
Cheese and Salmon Birthday Cake
Another birthday cake for cats that tends to be popular amongst the cat gang. Use the following ingredients:
Use ¾ of the tuna or salmon
Use three tablespoons of shredded cheese
Three tablespoons of flour
One egg
First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and then break up the salmon or tuna (preferably salmon). Mix all the ingredients mentioned above together, and then scoop the batter into muffin trays. Bake this for around 15-20 minutes. You can garnish the muffin cakes with cooked shrimp or catnip, just in case you feel too fancy.
No-Bake Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Birthday Cake
This is another cake for cats, perfect for those sweet tooth cats of yours. The ingredients include:
One and a half cups of Iams cat food or any other dry cat food you might prefer
Use three tablespoons of peanut butter
Use ¼ cup of pumpkin puree
Use 1 cup of powdered sugar
Two tablespoons of water
Two tablespoons of sprinkles
First, you need to put the cat food into the food processor, followed by peanut butter and pumpkin puree. Pulse it in the food processor until the batter resembles the coarse crumbs and they tend to stick together. After this, press into a 4-inch mini cake pan or any other, or you can even roll your batter into cake pops.
Once you remove it from the cake pan, or the cake pops are firm enough, make sure you use the powdered sugar to garnish it, or you can mix the sugar with water to make a paste. Pour it on the cake or the cake pops and decorate with sprinkles.
Tuna and Pea Birthday Cake
Another option of birthday cake for cats, which requires the following ingredients:
One boiled or steamed potato
One can of tuna is drained. Make sure you save the juice.
Cooked chicken breast, one.
Half a cup of cooked peas and string beans
First, you need to steam or boil the potato, and then let it cool completely. Once it has cooled, peel off the skin. Mash it into a bowl, flash cooks the peas, and put the string beans into ice-cold water. Next up, combine the tuna and the chicken breast mixture in a food processor and then remove half of the mixture in another bowl.
Mix the mashed potatoes with the tuna and chicken mixture, and then mix the remaining mixture with the peas and string beans. Separate the different flavors and stack layers as per your preference. Garnish it with leftover peas or sweet mashed potatoes.
Easy to Make Birthday Cake
This is the easiest and tastiest birthday cake for cats. You will need the following ingredients:
Half a tin of tuna in spring water
One teaspoon of plain flour
Use 50g of sweet potato
First, chop and peel the potatoes, and then boil water for 10-15 minutes. Add the potatoes, and once they are soft, start mashing them. Leave them to cool and then mash again until there are no lumps. Then, drain the tuna and add the mashed potato and flour. Mix all of it. Next up, use a cookie cutter on a plate and spoon the mixture.
It forms a round cake type ring. Do this repeatedly until the batter is finished. Then, set it aside in the fridge for 10 minutes. Take the mashed potato and loosen it for the frosting by adding a little water. Once it has loosed, pipe it with a frosting bag. This is best served at room temperature.
Conclusion
This article gives some popular recipes to help you make the perfect and special birthday cake for cats. You can use up all your cat’s favorite ingredients, including its favorite cat food, to make a birthday cake as per your preference.
