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| The birthday girl |
Emma turned eleven on February 15
th, and we
decided to celebrate with doggie cupcakes and new toys for her and
Duke.
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| Cupcakes |
I made the
cupcakes from this recipe, using whole wheat
flour. The recipe says to make six cupcakes
with the batter, but I did seven, and will probably do eight the next
time. The cupcakes are fairly dense and
solid. They smell incredibly good!
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| Enjoying Cupcakes |
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| Waiting for cupcakes! |
After the cupcakes cooled completely I frosted them with a mixture
of plain Greek yogurt and peanut butter.
I didn’t measure. I just stirred
the two together until the consistency seemed good. It took a little over half of an individual
sized Greek yogurt, and about that much peanut butter.
We turned the afternoon into a little party with hats for
Emma and Duke. I also tried to put hats
on the cats, but they prefer to celebrate without hats.
Frankie was the only cat I managed to get a
hat on, and he wore it for about three seconds.
Such is life with cats.
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| Getting RID of his hat! |
Emma and Duke seemed to really enjoy the cupcakes, and I
think Emma had a happy eleventh birthday.
They certainly looked cute.
Oh my word. How cute! I love pet birthdays and seeing them celebrate. Those cupcakes look good!
ReplyDeleteHappy A to Z-ing!
~Anna
herding cats & burning soup.
Thanks! We're very into pet birthdays around here. The cupcakes smelled great.
DeleteEmma did great wearing the hat! I can't see Koda ever wearing one. What a great birthday party you put on for her!
ReplyDeletebetty
I've been dressing Emma up for years; everything from Christmas dresses to butterfly wings, so she's pretty used to it. And Duke will let you do just about anything if you're going to feed him. They seemed to enjoy the party.
DeleteOur pets are our family, and a birthday party is certainly in order when that time rolls around each year. Thanks for the link to the cupcakes...I'll make some from brown rice...my girl 'Dolly' likes gluten free, too. Thanks for your visits this first week of AtoZ. I appreciate your comments and have enjoyed your blog very much.
ReplyDeleteSue at CollectInTexas Gal
Absolutely! All family members need a birthday celebration. I liked that there were a few flour options with that recipe. It was my first time making a doggie dessert, but it came out well.
DeleteHappy Birthday to Emma. They must have wondered what you nutty humans were up to.
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I think they probably think we need a hobby! :-) At least they're used to me dressing them up by now.
DeleteWhat a sweet idea. I think I will do this for my doggie on his birthday - which is in June. :)
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Amanda at His and Her Hobbies
Emma and Duke highly recommend the cupcakes. :-)
DeleteHow cute! Happy 11th birthday to Emma. lol @ Frankie.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yeah, Frankie is a funny little guy.
DeleteAw, that is so sweet! And FUN!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Emma! :)
Thanks! They seemed to enjoy it, even if the cats did hate their hats.
DeleteHappy Birthday Emma! We love pup cakes here for celebrations :).
ReplyDeleteThanks! Emma and Duke definitely seemed to love the cupcakes.
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