How to Make a Cake Treat for Your Horse

Reward your horse for her love and loyalty, and give her a break from her usual equine bill of fare with a special cake treat. Cake treats for horses are easy to make and loaded with yummy and nutritious horse-friendly food such as carrots, honey and oats. Here is how to make cake for your horse.

Things You'll Need

  • 6 cups oats or sweet feed
  • Mixing bowl
  • 1 1/2 cup pure honey or molasses
  • Wooden spoon
  • Large piece of cardboard
  • 2 apples, sliced
  • 2 carrots, sliced lengthwise
  • 1 plastic mixing bowl
  • 1 small apple, chopped
  • 3 tbsp. brown sugar
  • Molasses
  • Sugar cubes
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Instructions

  1. Oat and Molasses Cake Treat

    • 1

      Put the oats or sweet feed in a large mixing bowl.

    • 2

      Stir in the pure honey or molasses with a wooden spoon. The mixture will be thick and sticky.

    • 3

      Put the horse cake mixture on a large piece of cardboard and form it into a cake shape. Decorate the cake with apple slices.

    • 4

      * To turn a horse cake treat into a special birthday cake, cut about three large carrots into sticks and poke them into the top of the horse cake to resemble candles.

    Carrot Cake Horse Treat

    • 5

      Put half of the carrots in the bottom of the bowl.

    • 6

      Top the carrots with a layer of apples and cover the apples with the remainder of the carrots.

    • 7

      Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the top of the carrots.

    • 8

      Drizzle some molasses over the brown sugar.

    • 9

      Top the cake with sugar cubes, and serve it to your horse.