Mia’s Kitchen

Peanut Butter Birthday Cake

Mia insisted that the only way to properly celebrate her friend’s birthday was to make an entire cake frosted with peanut butter.

Ingredients:

• 1 c whole wheat or white flour
• 1 c shredded carrots
• 1/3 c honey
• 1/4 c applesauce
• 1/4 c peanut butter
• 1/4 c cooking oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Extra peanut butter for frosting
• Dog treats as toppers

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a small (8″ x 8″) cake pan.
• Combine the applesauce, peanut butter, oil, vanilla, and honey in a large bowl; blend well.
• Stir in the carrots and mix thoroughly.
• Add the flour and baking soda and mix into the carrot mixture.
• Spoon cake batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Frost with peanut butter and top with treats.

Note: Use creamy peanut butter for the frosting, and thin with a little milk or applesauce if necessary to make it easier to spread. If the humans would like to enjoy the cake as well, a cream cheese frosting (without the dog treats) is a very nice substitute for/addition to the peanut butter topping.

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