Adventures to Mommy Land: Slider's 2nd Birthday

I have been the very dedicated mother to one corgi puppy for almost 2 years now. Slider (our little BERGER...hehe) turned 2 years old on July 5th. I decided I needed to make this a special birthday for him. Yes, I know he is a dog. But he has been through a lot. He was stressed the month leading up to the move (lost excess hair and gave himself hot spots). Then we everything in "his" house disappeared. He got loaded up in a cramped car and we drove for 2 1/2 days to arrive at a huge empty house. Then we had service people show up every day for almost 2 weeks. So it has been just a little crazy for him.

My snuggle puppy :)

So to start off the day we snuggled up on the floor while I drank my coffee. Normally I would have taken him to a park or for an extra long walk but it was 105 degrees so staying inside was our only option. Slider loves to snuggle on the floor. I then looked up some recopies for doggy cakes and here is what I found.
A peanut butter cake at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/doggie-birthday-cake/
and a cream cheese icing at http://www.dogtreatkitchen.com/dog-treat-frosting.html They also have comments and other options for the recipies. Here is what I did:

Peanut Butter Cake:
ingredients:
1 egg
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup honey (optional- i did not add this because I didn't have it)
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup whole wheat or white flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 350. Combine the egg, peanut butter, oil, vanilla and honey in large bowl; blend well. Stir in the carrots and mix thoroughly. Sift together the flour and baking soda and fold into the carrot mixture. Spoon into greased pan. Bake for 40 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out to cool completely

I could not find my muffin tin or any of my small pans ( I think they are still packed somewhere) so I used as small casserole dish. The cake is very dry so it crumbled as I removed it from the pan. I think that honey might help hold it together. I just placed the pieces together, because Slider does not mind. If doing again, I would make in a muffin tin (even a mini muffin tin) and defiantly make sure I wait the 10 minutes (I got impatient)

Cream Cheese Icing:
Ingredients:
8 ounces of cream cheese (low or fat free)
2 Tbsp. Honey
2 Tbsp. plain yogurt (low or fat free)
3 Tbsp. Flour (approx. amount, you might need a little more)

Mix first 3 ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Mix in one tablespoon of flour at a time until you have a good consistency for spreading.

I did not use the honey because I did not have any. Instead I used peanut butter. I also used a little more than 2 Tbsp. of yogurt. I would defiantly suggest letting the cream cheese get to room temp before making.

I then spread over my crumbled up cake and decorated with carrots and treats.

my attempt :)

Slider going to town on his treat

Slider really liked the icing and ate all of that off the top first. After a few bites of the cake we took it away so he would not get sick. I then broke up the cake and used them as treats for the next few days. This is why I suggest the mini-muffin size. He got this cake instead of dinner that night because we did not want a sick corgi. If I had smaller sizes I would have just supplemented his dinner with it.

Slider also got a new nylabone. His favorite. Lots of belly rubs and a few dropped carrots while I was baking. We also played his favorite games. It was a long day so he ended up falling asleep in Daddy's lap :)

Here are a few of the pictures of slider over the past 22 months that he has been a part of our family :)