3 Year Celebration / Peanut Butter Carrot Pupcake

This weekend I celebrated three years with my sweet boy. I can't believe he came into my life three years ago, and at the same time it feels so much longer because I can hardly remember what life was like before him. 

My sister Alex called me up October of 2013 and said, "I know someone who found a litter of puppies abandoned in the woods, I think I am going to bring one home." We were both living at home at the time and I said "I don't know, that sounds pretty risky."

She called me back 10 minutes later, and was on her way with a chubby puppy in her lap.

In a nutshell: in the coming weeks I woke up with him in the morning and in the middle of the night, I was home more than Alex was.. I fell 100% in love. When I moved to Atlanta a few months later, I took him with me. We have been inseparable ever since. Alex and I joke, she was my surrogate for Hudson. :)

Hudson, my sweet hound, starts and ends my day every single day with laughter, joy, and unconditional love. I have never known the unwavering love of a rescue pup. He has filled places in my heart I didn't even know existed. 

So, to celebrate year three for Hudson, I got in the kitchen and showed him love the best way I know how; I baked him a cake.

These pupcakes are so easy! I thought finding mini loaf pans was going to be difficult, but I ran to Marshalls on my lunch break and there they were, 

All you need is peanut butter, egg, a cup of carrot shavings, and your dry ingredients; flour and baking soda. The best ingredient though?

A quarter of a cup of raw honey.

Mix your wet ingredients, then add your carrot shavings, your flour and baking soda.

Stop!

Let your puppy lick the spoon.

Now, add your batter to your mini loaf pans. It fills two perfectly!

Bake at 350 for 35 minutes...and pull them out to let them cool.

Once cooled, ice with peanut butter!

I think we can say, the pupcake was a success.

The best picture I could get.

We ended the weekend with full hearts and full bellies.

Happy three years to my sweet boy! He truly makes every day so much sweeter.

Let me know how this pupcake turns out for your furry babes!

XO

Full Recipe:

1 egg
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup honey
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
Extra peanut butter for icing!

1. In a mixing bowl. combine the egg, peanut butter, oil, and honey.
2. Stir in the shredded carrots, then gradually add the flour and baking soda until well combined.(side note: to shred your carrots, take your carrot to a cheese grater! Works perfectly.)
3. Pour into a greased mini loaf pan.
4. Bake 35 - 40 minutes at 350. Let cool and ice with peanut butter :)
5. Watch your puppy devour with joy.