Tropical Pupcakes | Dog Treat Recipe

April 5, 2020|Kristy Beck|

There is nothing better than making your own dog treats for your pug and with this Tropical Pupcakes recipe, your pug will love you more than usual. These Tropical Pupcakes are healthy, tasty and fun to make when you have time to kill at home.

TROPICAL PUPCAKES DOG TREAT RECIPE

Serves: 18 Mini Pupcakes

ICING INGREDIENTS

320mL cans of coconut milk

ICING DIRECTIONS

Refrigerate so the coconut milk separates to be cream and water
Remove just the cream from the can and add to a mixing bowl (use leftover water for pupcakes)
Whip coconut cream until peaks form
Place into a piping bag and pipe cream onto pupcakes

PINEAPPLE DECORATION INGREDIENTS

1 banana
1/2 kiwi fruit
Pineapple mould

PINEAPPLE DECORATION DIRECTIONS

Mash banana in a bowl
Mash kiwi fruit in a bowl
Add banana to bottom part of pineapple mould leaving the leaf area for the kiwi fruit
Fill moulds until you run out of banana
You should get about 18 from one banana
Fill the leaf area of the mould with kiwi fruit
Place moulds in freezer overnight
Add to pupcakes just before serving once iced

PUPCAKE INGREDIENTS

1 cup buckwheat flour
1/2 cup organic coconut flakes
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 ripe banana
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp local honey
1/2 cup coconut water (from icing ingredients)
1 egg

PUPCAKE DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 160ºC
In a bowl, mash banana and add baking powder so it fizzes
Add buckwheat flour, coconut oil, coconut water, honey & egg
Mix until well combined
Add coconut flakes and mix through
Divide evenly into cupcake pan
Bake in oven for 15 minutes

NOTES

You can switch the buckwheat flour for 1/2 cup of wholemeal flour if you can’t source it from your local health food store
Store un-iced pupcakes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week or in the freezer for up to one month
Give your pug a special treat of tropical pupcakes
These should only be fed occasionally and should never replace your pug’s dietary needs

I would love to hear how you go making these and what your pug thinks of these Tropical Pupcakes. Leave a comment below or tag your photos on Instagram with #thepugdiary so I can see what they think.

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Kristy is the founder and editor of The Pug Diary, a photographer and pug mum extraordinaire to Ref + Serina. Kristy has combined her passion for photography with the love of pugs to bring you all of her knowledge of pugs and more to you through The Pug Diary.