ive been meaning to make some liver cakes for a while now, ive just made some and feeling very proud with myself they turned out great, made them in my food processor it was so easy and Toby loves them, if you havent made them jet i would recommend them, tried Toby with his training and he would do anything i asked him, and bonus is i know everything that went in them.
Heidi

another recipe for dog biscuits is 8oz sausage-meat,8oz plain wholemeal flour, 2-3oz knorr beef stock cube& some garlic granules, mix meat,flour, & garlic granules  THen bind with the stock to a stiff dough. Roll on floured board  cut half an inch thick shapes and bake in oven at 180 for 30-50 mins
PS Heidi do not serve with chilli tea (sorry)

Jean

ha ha ha very funny Jean, thanks for the biscuit recipe will give it a try, never thought it could be so easy and cheap to make treats for my Toby i am going to try the cat on them too,
thankyou Heidi

I know I'm a bit dull but can anyone give me the recepie for Liver cakes.  I wouldn't mind trying my pair on them.

Thanks

8oz lambs liver,4oz self raising flour, 2eggs mix all ingredients in a blender  till smooth pink & runny pour into swiss roll tray bake for about 30mins, leave to cool then cut into pieces this can be frozen

Jean

8ozs liver preferably lambs
4ozs S/R flour
2 eggs
2 cloves garlic

blend in blender until smooth,
pour into greased swiss roll type tin place in oven gas mark 4 or 180c/350f for about 30/40 mins
leave to cool and cut to size,
can be frozen,

just tried the cat with them and she loves them too,
Heidi

jean you beat me to it you must type quicker than me,
everyone types quicker than me :D :D :D
Heidi

I am just lurking about to see if anyone can help on my car insurance post £500 is a bit steep
Ps I type with one finger & you can do smilies

Jean

£500. that is steep, im with Lloyds TSB and pay £268. fully comp, that includes myself and my hubby and protected no claims, give them a ring.
Heidi

or even better, we did ours online and got a discount.
heidi

Thanks its Norwich union Jims insured with & for any driver but only he drives I don't drive. I think this year we will just do fully comp

Jean

Just invented a new titbit cake, butcher had no liver so I used a tin of pink salmon instead and it has worked out fine so will try with tuna and also pilchards so I have a different flavour each week.

Hi Jackie H,
wonder if it works with minced beef,pork,turkey,
think im going to experiment :D
Heidi

May be have to add more oil and milk to it than you would with liver or fish but sure it would work, bet it would be good with cheese too.

thats a good idea Jackie H Toby loves cheese
Heidi

Just a question, why lambs liver? I use chicken livers as i found it didn't smell so horribl when it was cooking (my family can't stand the smell) and then dogs still seem to like it. Is lambs liver better then?
I also experiment - luckily my dogs will eat anything, i'm not much of a cook!!
I have tried adding a bit of bacon to the mixture, (liver and bacon, ;-) )
I also add carrots to the mixture as it adds some vitamins, bulks out the mixture a bit and both mine like carrot.

Don't think it matters what liver you use. I wonder if lambs liver is used because it smells stronger & the dog will smell it easier when using at training or shows. Jmo
Ps I hate the smell of it cooking as well.

Jean

Thanks guys

I'll try it tomorrow and let you knaow how I get on.  I'll probably be lucky to get as far as putting it in the oven if my pair have anything to do with it!

I made some liver cake using chicken livers last night. I cut it up ready for the freezer - whoops! no freezer....:( :( :( it died last week & the new one doesn't come till tomorrow. How daft can you get?
Cathy.

Made my first cakes today.  Was quite stodgy and not only did I have to get my dogs to sit and wait before I could get it into the oven but my young son (3 years old) decided he wanted to try some to until he smelt it!

Just put them to one side to cool and am going to let my bitch off her lead for the first time since I have had her, (6 weeks) to see if she will come back to me and am going to take some pieces of cake with me.  Wish me luck as I think I am going to need it.

Thanks again for the recepie and am looking forward to making some more.

has anyone made the bicuits yet this would be good for the kids cutting the shapes

Jean

Hi jean,
got a friend calling round later, may have a go with the biscuit tomorrow when i have more time, my son will love cutting out the shapes,
Heidi

does anyone know what that GMT at the top of my post means  :confussed:
Heidi

Er could it mean Greenwich Mean Time?

doh,

GMT? Mine says BST!

i made liver cakes and biscuits yeesterday, the liver cakes came out spot on and the dogs go nuts for them.the biscuit mix i must have made to wet as it took a lot longer than 40 mins for them to harden up but eventually they did and again the dogs love them plus you know they are not full of rubbish.

changed my mind couldnt wait , defrosted some sausage meat and made some biscuits and bones out of the mixture, just put them in the oven fingers crossed,
Heidi

they turned out fine and Toby approves,
my friend came round and couldnt believe i had made Toby biscuits
heidi

how much stock do you add to the flour/meat mixture, not to sound a dummy but its the first thing i have baked in my life.

2-3 ounces Knorr beef stock cube glad all the doggies are enjoying them

Jean

I made liver cake yesterday for the first time, took some out with me this morning on our walk and I've never had such a good recall almost 100%.  Obviously a piece of liver cake is much nicer than running off and ignoring me.  IT'S GREAT.  :)
Jax

I completely agree with that. I also made liver cake for the first time yesterday and my two kept returning to me even when I didn't call just in case( they only got it when I called them though ). When I did call them they were so quick, I wish I had made it before. Jackie

Hi Heidleberg and all, do you mind sharing your recipe with us (more details for me please, sorry I have never made anything, nor baked, for a dog :)). I am planning on taking my puppy at 4 mos to her first training classes and was wondering if I could use your recipe to make treats to praise her, if she does good. Are Knorr cubes free of salt and other spices or additives? If I cannot find it here in USA what can I use to substitute them? And what is "swiss roll type tin place", what does it look like? Is garlic an essential ingridient or it adds some flavor dgos like? And about flour. You mentioned S/R flour, is it self- rising flour? Can I substitue it with something else too, like regular flour? Thanks, Alina D.

Hi Alina D,
8oz sausage meat
8oz plain wholemeal flour
2-3oz stock or water
some garlic puree
mix sausage meat,flour and garlic and bind with stock or water to make a very stiff dough, roll out, make into shapes,
put on ungreased sheet and bake 30/50 mins
180c/350f

Thanks!!! I will try this.

Forgot to ask again. Sausage meat is just ground beef, pork or chicken? Because I have seen some suasage looking meat in the stores, but it was already wrapped in the shape of the sausage and I am sure they added some salt and sugars to flavor. So, do I still have to get "ready to cook sausage" or I can use plain ground beef, pork, or chicken, or all together?

i made them with finely ground pork and that worked fine.

Stock cubes contain a great deal of salt.

You could also try Tuna cake,  i made this for my GSD that can not have meat or eggs.

3 small tins of tuna in spring wate
8oz plain flour
enough water to mix
3 cloves of garlic

mix and bake in the same way you would liver cake.

yum yum

Cordelia