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A Dog Birthday Cake makes a perfect celebration centerpiece for the animal lovers in your life. And you can bet if they're a Snoopy fan they'll adore this super cute rendition of their favorite Peanuts character.

Snoopy Cakes are always a hit with the little kids (and the little kid in all of us).

Although we have featured Snoopy and his ever faithful companion Woodstock, the techniques used to create them are very versatile. You could even re-create your favorite puppy pal to star at your next birthday.

Let this little Dog Cake take a starring role at your celebration. You won't be sorry.

And don't forget to pick up some cute, co-ordinating party supplies

ingredients for the perfect Dog Cake

Cake - Lemon Ginger Pound Cake is perfect.
Filling - Gingernut Crunch is fabulous.
1 batch of buttercream.
sky blue, yellow, red and black gel food color
A black candywriter
Yellow candy melts
disposable decorating bags
#5 Round and #18 Star tips
Cake plate or board large enough to display the finished cake.
one regular sized ice-cream scoop and one smaller ice-cream scoop.

first steps to a successful dog birthday cake

bake the cakes and cool completely.
level the cakes and split each into two layers horizontally.
fill and assemble each cake on a separate cake circle and secure with a dollop of frosting to stop it from sliding around.
add a crumb coat - this is a very thin coat of un-tinted frosting you apply to 'set' the crumbs.
refrigerate the cake(s) for at least one hour.

...and now for the star of your dog birthday cake

You mix cake scraps and butterceam and mold them to shape. It's just like play dough for grown-ups!

mix some cake scraps and buttercream and smoosh them into the larger ice-cream scoop (very technical term there!).
repeat with the smaller ice-cream scoop. Pinch in the sides a little to elongate the shape and add some extra on top to form a snout.
put the two shapes on to some wax paper and use buttercream to join them. This will form the body and head.
Add a basically rectangular piece to the opposite end from the head. This will be the paws.
cover Snoopy completely with white buttercream.
set Snoopy in the fridge to allow the buttercream to firm up while you assemble the rest of the cake.

make The woodstock characters for your dog birthday cake

print out the woodstock picture below to use as a template or freehand your own design.
Tape tp a hard work surface and cover with a sheet of wax or parchmane paper.
melt about 1 cup of candy melts in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until completely melted and smooth.
using the tip of paintbrush handle smear the melted chocolate to about 1/8" thick to fill in the woodstock shape.
repeat this as many times as needed for the humber of woodstocks you need.
let set for about 30 minutes then carefully peel each woodstock off the wax paper.
Fill in the outline and details with your black candywriter.

Dog Birthday Cake assembly

divide the remaining buttercream in to six bowls, with 1/4 cup or so in three bowlse, 1 cup in another and the remainder split evenly.
Tint the 1/4 cup bowls red, yellow and black. Leave the 1 cup white and tint the other two light blue and green.
frost the bottom tier all over with green buttercream.
frost the top tier all over with blue buttercream.
Secure the bottom tier to a plate or board with frosting or deouble-sided tape and stack the smaller tier on top (secured with frosting).
Pipe a border around both tiers with a #18 tip and white buttercream.
Pipe a row of small dots around the top edge of the bottom tier, alternating red and black (use #5 tip or ziploc bag with small hole snipped in it).
Pipe some clouds around the side of the top tier with a #5 tip (or siploc bag, see above).
Place Snoopy on top of the cake and pipe some ears, claws, nose, eyes and mouth details in black buttercream.
Finish with a collar in red buttercream!
Add woodstock characters around the side of the bottom tier. Secure with buttercream.

You're done! Now go get a well deserved cup of coffee and sit back for a few minutes to admire your handiwork. Remember to take a picture while your masterpiece still looks perfect.

let's throw a puppy dog birthday party

Got the perfect Dog Birthday Cake? Check. Now all you need for a memorable party is some fun, co-ordinating party supplies.

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