A very happy birthday horse
First of all…HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOONSHINE! My beautiful horse just turned 9 years old. Sniff, sniff, they grow up so fast. Mikki made a birthday “cake” and I dragged everyone up to the barn to sing Happy Birthday to my favorite horse. She made a mess but ate it all. Mikki also made one for her horse Valentine because, she figured, he wouldn’t understand why he didn’t get any treats, too. He pretty much inhaled his. We missed both of their birthdays last year but wanted to make sure we made it a tradition of it, much like we do our own birthdays. After all, at our house our animals are pretty much part of the family and we love any opportunity to do something fun.
If you’re like that, why not celebrate your horse’s birthday? If you don’t know the exact date, make one up. I’m sure there are other recipes out there but Mikki came up with a simple recipe for a do-it-yourself horse birthday cake using oats, carrots, molasses and a sugar cube. No horse can resist this treat and there’s no reason why you can’t make your own in 3 minutes or less.
2 carrots, shredded
1/4 cup of molasses
1 sugar cube (optional)
When it’s time to celebrate, put on a party hat, light a candle and sing happy birthday to your horse. Those neighbors that point and giggle are only jealous so never mind them. Just make sure to remove the candle before handing over the cake.
You might also like our Christmas Figgy Pudding Cake for horses. Our horses sure did!
Do you have any fun horse birthday traditions?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOONSHINE! I hope Moonshine has a fabulous year, filled with lots of riding, and no mishaps (including cougar sightings! ha ha!)
We have all the papers for our youngest horse, Bandit, so we know his birthday, but we don’t have any idea of when it’s my horse, Raiah’s, birthday. I think I will make one up for her though. We know she’ll be 8 this year, and our farrier said most horses are born between May-July, so I think we’ll pick a date in there some where.
I’ll have to try that for my horses. Of course that will cement in the minds of my family and neighbors just how crazy they already think I am. Anyway, Happy B-Day to Moonshine!
We just made a similar cake too. The horses loved it, ( we weren’t sure they would because it was a little sticky,) but they took the biggest bites we’ve ever seen. We always celebrate their birthdays, I guess because they are family to us!
Ohhh… we have two birthdays this week! Two of my babies turn 1 year – gonna have to do that carrot cake.
We don’t celebrate birthdays, too many horses, can’t even remember them all. But, I make up for it at Christmas and they all get their Christmas goodies together. I love finding new recipes! Thanks for this one.
Im with risingrainbow on this one… Too many horses but Christmas is another story. I make all sorts of treats for my guys and my boarders horses… My favorite is a rip off of stud muffins:) They still are not quite like the real thing but the horses don’t complain. This one sounds like a winner too though!
Thanks
Kelly
wow, ive been looking for a recipe for a long time for a cake that my horse can eat. he’ll be 8in a couple days and im gonna give him this cake and a trail ride. im sure he’ll like it! thx
what a great recipe–I was trying to figure one in my head just what a horse could eat–thought I would have to bake it-this is much better! My J.D. is 2 yrs today ( 10th) Thank you and happy birthday to moonshine (love his name)
janaye
Hi there, we have recently been asked to bake a heart shaped 8 inch cake for one of our customers… if you’d like to see a picture, please email us at naglets@gmail.com its made with bran, chaff, wheatflour, soya oil, sultanas, cranberries and oats. It smells delicious and is VERY HEALTHY AND NATURAL as there are NO SUGARS used…. !!!
My horses loved it I made one for each. The one that loved it the most was sam i am!
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i mean all 14 of my horses not one sorry
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My horse Bella is 3 in a couple of days and ive been looking everywhere for a safe birthday cake to make her and her mum this has really helped. Thanks Cya
Hiya
Thanks so much for that recipe i’ve been trying to find a safe one for ages! I’m using this cake as a christmas cake, which will be great, hope your horse is alryt and you, my horse is called Aries he’s a 13’2 bay NF and hes gorgus! hope you have a fab christmas (and your horse lol) and hope you get everything u wanted
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Hey im looking for a birthday cake for my horse rocky. This gave me a great idea! thanx! but im not sure about the molasses because he has high energy .Do you know if theres anything else i could use instead?
Thanks so much for your recipe, one of my horses turns 21 on January 31 and i think she’ll love this. I love celibrating holidays with my horses cause the have to know there not missin out on anything.
My horse hoss is having his 4 b-day party and i love to have a horse cake if you have any recipes just leave a reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so gonna make this for my horse’s birthday…its in april!!!!she will be 3!!
Thanks for the recipe! My horse Hobie is turning 3 in two days! I think tomarrow I’ll give his cake to him though because I can’t wait till Sat.
WHITNEY- honey is a great sub for molasses if you want.
P.S. Hobie likes it if you add an apple =D
it is my horses b-day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My horse is called Nario and it’s his birthday on the 29 june, he’s going to be 29 ! Pretty cool huh ! So i want it to be an extra happy birthday and he loves apples and carrots so this cake sounds great although i might just try it with some apples too ! Well anyway thanks a lot and i hope Moonshine had a very happybirthday !!! He looks lovely by the way !^^
C ya x
My horse Petey will be 10 in 6 days!This recipe rocks!
This really helped me, my horse loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you soooooooooo much for this recipe.
im making it 4 my horsey today she turns 8!!
my horse is geting “married” tommorow and im sure he and his new wife will love it!
its my horse cheyenne birthday today i love her so much she is turning 8 today
hey everyone my pony realey enjoyed this treat and so did her buddys on her speciall duble digit birthday
Thanks so much for the recipe! My arabian mare Monet is turning 31, so I decided to make it for her. She loved it! My friend’s horse Kamahl got some too,and he was delighted!
I hope Moonshine has a wonderful birthday! :b
WOW!
nice recipe!
My horsesy is going to be a 6! she is going to be a mare finely! We are very excited for her birthday and this is a good cake to make the day very special!
Thanks!
Happy B-day Moonshine
aw thats cute im gonna make one for my horse on his b-day which is friday!!!! : ]
I lov your recipee my horse will love it
i have 2 try that. i’m gonna make before my next rodeo for my favorite horse Blue before she does barrels and poles. i think she’ll luv it!!!!
Hiya, my horse patch is turning 7 and my friends horse wilson is turning 5 we wanted to celebrate their b days so we searched for recipies all over! we finaly found this one we will try it this week end for their b days we also like giving them a nice spa day ( i know it sounds weird but they like it) and taking them for walks well update u if we think of anything else and we hope Moonshine(B E A UUUU tiful name!) has a great b day
Bieeeeee,
Holly,Vanessa, WIlson and Patch
i cant wait to try this. its my horse 12 birthday on the 30. happy birthday angel boy.
I hope Moonshine had a great b-day!!!!! I luv the recipe…. I had a whole packet of horse treats tht u could make at home but idk where it is! haha! Anyway, thnx 4 the recipe cause my best friend and I take riding lessons… sadly we don’t own any horses but thts ok….. yeah but we wanted to celebrate their b-days!!!!! haha so yeh thnx again!
iyya guyss
my loan pony valentino will LOVE it!! =)
cant wait 2 make it for him. Hes 14 this week, and hes getting a salt lick 2!
Em+Val xXx
I celebrate my horses birthdays. I know my POA’s birth date but I don’t know my Mini’s so I made a date up. June-bug’s birth is on June 15 (13 yrs.) and Misty’s will be on June 20th(she might be turning 26).
I’m going to make an carrot/apple cake for them.
my bestes boys birthday tommorow I will atempt to make one of these hes six !thankyou for this reciepe
ITS MY PONY’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!
xxx
he’s five!!
aww, he’s growing up so fast!! *tear* (:
i’m making him this cake, ty for the recipeee
Hi! My monty loves this!! its also good to garnish with carrots or apples. I used honey insted of treacle (molasses). The only problem is i had to ride him after for ages to get his energy back down! bubi for now!
P.s hes going to be 21!
Hi i hope Moonshine had a good b-day that day my horses b-day is coming this month on March 14th so this will be easy to make
I am going to make this cake for my ponies birthday this weekend he will be 43! i think he will love this cake! thanks!
43? Wow!
Wow, 43! That’s wonderful.
My Quarterhorse, Shadow turns, 30 this Thursday and I’m so excited to make this cake for him. I’ve had him since my 10th birthday, he was 10 years old too. We’ve grown up together and he has taught me so much. I wanted to make this year a celebration so we are going to have a hoe down to honor this birthday.
Thanks so much for this recipe!
Thank you sooo much for the recipe! Happy belated bday moonshine! My horse Romeo is turning the big 12 tommarrow and since 12 is a great age and is midway through life I wanted to make it a special, memorable day for him! (especially since I just got him!) Thanks again for the recipe! I’m sure all of my horses will love it!
Happy birthday Romeo! It’s neat to see other horses with the same name. I hope Romeo enjoyed his birthday and best wishes with your new horse!
Thank you so much for the recipe my horse, Dandelion,absolutly loved it!!! My nieghbors thought I was downright crazy for singing happy birthday to a horse – but Dande deserved the love for being such a great horse!!!
thankyou (: i have just got my new pony and he will be 5 in feb . im going to try this out . do you know anything i can use that doesnt have high suger such as mollasses because he is only young and can get a buck in him sometimes (: thankyou
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My foal is turning 3 years old soon and this is perfect thanks
What could you replace molasses with?