Shadey turns 5

Shadey here, and guessh what peeps......It'sh my BIRTHDAY and I turned 5 today. That'sh how many fingers I have on my front paws but not my back paws. he he. Luckily I have 5 toesh on my front paws or elshe I'd have to type with my back feet. he he.

Sho Mummy is having a big shcelebration in my honor. We are going to have a party. Do you know who I'm not inviting to my Birthday party? The shtupid cats, that'sh who! It'sh bad enough I have to share my cake with my shister. But she turned 5 twelve years ago sho she'll probably just curl up on her favorite blankie and go to shleep.

Shince it'sh my birthday I can do anything I want. Sho I go up to the shtupid cats and I ashk them, "Sho what are you getting me for my birthday?" And their all, "Why would we get you anything, you're a dog". Sho I shee one of their toysh on the ground and I pick it up and shtart running with it but I didn't get too far cuz there was Mummy standing there with her hands on her hipsh. Ah Oh!

I'm shure those shtupid cats got me shomething for my birthday sho I'm looking around the house and I think I finally figured it out. They keep going into thish little box with a roof and leaving shomething in there that shmells shooo good. I shneak in the room and the aroma is sho enticing. I can shee like little tootsie rolls hidden in shome shand. Now my tails wagging and I then get dishtracted and have to catch my tail but oh yeah, the tootsie rolls...sho I try to reach my head in the door way but it'sh to big, darn it thish nose of mine, I'm sqeezing and changing angles but my nose keepsh hitting the house. Maybe if I took a running head shtart I could dive right in thish shtupid cat house. Sho I turn around and my nose hitsh Mummy right in the knee. She has her hands on her hipsh. Ah Oh!

And on my own birthday I had to do a down shtay but I heard the timer on the oven and then I know shomething good is coming out of that oven. Mummy makes me and my shister the most aweshomest treats and they alwaysh come out of the oven. Sho I shay screw this down shtay and I run into the kitchen only to find the biggesht wonderfulesht cake. Mummy didn't sheem to mind I got up from my down shtay ha! score! But she was cutting my cake into piecshes. I tried to tell her I'll just take the whole thing she doeshn't need to cut it for me, I'm a big girl. Woof woof woof. But she shtill cut it anywaysh.

Mummy shtarted singing to me but all I wanted was the cake. CAKE! After what felt a century long the dumb shong was over,  all I could understand was my name anywaysh but finally I got CAKE! I can't really tell you what it tashted like caushe I woofed (no pun intended) it down..maybe the faster I eat them the more I'll get. But guessh who didn't get any of my birthday cake? The shtupid cats, that'sh who!

Sho that'sh me on the left. Ash you can shee my plate is empty. My shister takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R to eat her piecshe. I want to shteal it ash you can shee the look in my eye.

Our friend Scrappy Rat provided thish recshipe in a previous blog post, one I wrote all by myshelf.

Peanut Butter Cake with Carob Ganache

An impressive looking cake that's easy to make!



Cake

1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup rice milk

1/4 cup molasses

1/2 cup smooth peanut butter

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon ground flax seeds



Ganache

3/4 cup carob chips

1 tablespoon vegetable shortening



• In a large bowl, mix flour and baking powder.

• In a large measuring cup, combine the other cake ingredients and

allow to sit for three minutes.

• Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and stir just until

completely blended.

• Pour batter into a well greased round cake pan and bake at 350

degrees for 20 minutes.

• Cool completely before turning out onto a cake platter. Regular

plates will cause the cake to be indented in the middle due to their

concavity.

• When the cake is cool, place carob chips and shortening into a small

saucepan.

• Stir over low heat until both are melted and the mixture is smooth.

• Pour onto the center of the cake.

• With a rubber scraping spatula, smear the ganache evenly over the

top in a thin layer, allowing some of the mixture to drip over the

edges decoratively.

• When ganache is completely cool, it will form a firm glaze.

• Tip: Flax seeds can easily be ground in a home coffee mill.





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Until next time folks. Woof Woof Aaarrruuueeee!