Dog cake and baked treats
Baked and cake-style treats are the biscuit side of the treat cupboard: crunchy, oven-style bakes and cake-shaped biscuits rather than dried meat or raw chews. They suit everyday treating and are usually sized to be broken down for training as easily as handed over whole.
What sets a baked treat apart
Baked treats are built around a biscuit-style base rather than a single meat ingredient, which gives them the firm crunch a lot of dogs respond well to and makes them easy to break into smaller pieces for repeated rewards.
Cake-shaped and novelty bakes tend to be aimed at treating rather than training in bulk — a birthday-style bake, for example, is meant as an occasional thing rather than a daily habit, in the same way a slice of cake would be for a person.
Portioning them sensibly
Baked treats can be calorie-dense for their size, so it is worth checking the pack rather than assuming a small biscuit is a small amount of food. Breaking a larger bake into several pieces makes portion control easier without cutting the treat time short.
For a dog on a restricted or veterinary diet, check with your vet before adding a new baked treat regularly, since the ingredients differ from one bake to the next more than they might from a simple single-protein chew.
In this section
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Pedigree Schmackos Dog Treats Meat Variety
Meat-variety dog treat sticks, 20 per pack, under 30 kcal each, banded by dog weight
£2.75
Pedigree DentaStix Daily Large Dog Dental Treats
Daily Pedigree DentaStix dental chews portioned for large dogs
£2.29
Pedigree Rodeo Dog Treats with Chicken
Pedigree Rodeo chicken twists with weekly limits for dogs over the stated weight
£2.75
Pedigree Schmackos Dog Treats with Fish
Pedigree Schmackos fish-flavour strips with daily dog-size allowances
£2.75
Forthglade Grain Free Soft Bites Fresh Breath Treats 90g
Chicken soft dog treats with parsley and peppermint oil for fresh breath
£2.45
Forthglade Soft Bite Grain Free Joints & Bones Treats
Grain-free salmon dog treats with salmon oil, glucosamine and chondroitin
£2.45
Forthglade Soft Bite Grain Free Good Gut Health Treats
Grain-free chicken dog treats with ginger, chicory root and MOS
£2.45
Forthglade Functional Soft Bite Treats - Plant Based Banana & Honey
Plant-based banana and honey soft dog treats for training rewards
£2.45
Chicken-Wrapped Milk Stick Dog Treats
Chewy dog treats of soft milk sticks wrapped in real chicken or duck for tasty, protein-rich rewarding.
From£12.99
Bakers Bites Chicken Dog Treats
130G BAKERS Bites Chicken Dog Treats: complementary dog food or treat with composition and analysis made clear
£1.99
Bakers Sizzlers Bacon Dog Treats
315G BAKERS Sizzlers Bacon Dog Treats: complementary dog food or treat with composition and analysis made clear
£4.00
Advent & Treats Set
A dog advent calendar, Christmas chicken twisters and a highland cow plush to open on the day.
£14.49
Common questions
- Are baked dog treats suitable for puppies?
- Many are, but check the pack for an age recommendation, since some baked treats are sized or textured for adult dogs. Break a treat down small for a puppy regardless of what the pack says about size.
- Can I give my dog a cake-style treat on their birthday?
- Yes, an occasional cake-shaped bake is a reasonable way to mark the occasion. Treat it as exactly that — occasional — rather than something to repeat weekly, the same as you would with any calorie-dense treat.
- Do baked treats go off faster than dried meat chews?
- It depends on the product, so check the pack for a best-before date and storage instructions once opened. Baked treats generally keep well in a sealed container but are worth checking rather than assuming indefinitely.
- Are baked treats a good option for training?
- They can be, particularly broken into small pieces, though a softer, smaller training treat is often easier to dispense quickly in a training session than a firm biscuit-style bake.
- Can I bake my own dog treats instead of buying them?
- Some owners do, but a shop-bought treat has the ingredient list checked and printed for you, which matters if your dog has a known sensitivity. If you bake at home, avoid chocolate, xylitol, raisins and anything else toxic to dogs, even in a tiny amount.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.