Dog Friendly Banana Cupcakes

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[mercy_rain]

I always feel so let down when I see a purportedly dog-friendly recipe that contains wheat :( Your boy is very handsome though!

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What about rice flour as a sub?

[mercy_rain]

That would work for most dogs! Mine is very food-sensitive and is grain-free, but maybe potato flour?

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I could swear I read a comment here about potatoes, and it was indeed another person saying their dog can't have potatoes. (Go figure!) If your dog can though, I would try it! I'd think that grain flour substitutes would be more readily accepted by a canine taste buds than by a human one - you know, not being as picky about finished product textures. :) I haven't experimented baking with other flour substitutes yet (although I want to.) If you try it with the potato flour, will you let me know how they turn out?

[mercy_rain]

For *most* dogs, potatoes are a neutral - not problematic, but not super awesome. But it does depend on the individual!

Anyway, so I was at the store looking at the potato flour and thought, you know, I bet this just wouldn't hold up well as a structural component. Maybe it does, I don't have a lot of experience with it, but I decided against paying for a $7 bag to experiment (as my husband says, "for the f*cking DOGS?!?" ;)) I thought, what else might be an Unexpected Protein, and went with chickpea flour ($3/bag, *ahem*). I don't actually like bananas, so I had my husband try a bite, he said it's less sweet than he would expect a human cake to be, but thought it wasn't bad. (Less water and less baking time with this flour, btw.) The dogs, well. My forever dog and my foster dog both give major paws up.