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.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 carrots, sliced lengthwise
• 1 plastic mixing bowl
• 1 small apple, chopped
• 3 tbsp. brown sugar
• Molasses
• Sugar cubes

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.