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Dog safe Christmas cake (but not to feed to the dog!)

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PuppyVsCar · 13/10/2025 19:33

Hello all! Does anyone in the doghouse happen to know a recipe for a Christmas cake made only with dog-safe fruits? I have a food-mad Labrador puppy, two small kids and guests coming, and I can just see disaster occurring if raisins and currants are involved in our Christmas cake... you know, dog-unaccustomed guest leaving a plate by the side and then kids failing to shut kitchen gate and then we're off to the out of hours vets on Christmas day for an emetic...

Anyway, search engines have failed me because half of the internet seems to be random AI essays telling me that dogs are allergic to raisins in the most convoluted terms possible, or recipes for "cakes for dogs", which isn't what I'm looking for. I would like a palatable fruit cake which won't kill my dog if he manages to snaffle a bit during the Christmas chaos. Any help, oh Mumsnet?!

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PuppyVsCar · 13/10/2025 19:37

Also I know we could forgo Christmas cake but one of the highlights of my entire year is a slice of Christmas cake with a slice of Wensleydale cheese at about 8pm on Christmas Day.

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DaveWatts · 13/10/2025 19:42

I'm sure you could just replace the raisins in a normal recipe with cranberries/apricots/dates all chopped fine (nb no idea if these are actually dog safe, just examples!)
BUT...it won't taste the same, sorry. I am a Christmas cake lover too. Could you buy a slice of proper cake just for you to eat on Xmas day? And just make sure it's well hidden beforehand?

CMOTDibbler · 13/10/2025 20:02

As long as the overall fruit content weighs the same you can put whatever dried fruit you like in a fruit cake - prunes, dried pear, apricots, pineapple, cranberries etc but it won't taste the same as the fruit cake in your mind. I've made them before when making a Southern Comfort based cake and it was tasty but I don't think would pair with cheese well.
I'd just focus on controlling the food tbh as you are going to have to manage glasses of alcohol, the kids chocolate and alll the food anyway

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