Fill your yoghurt pots with bird cake mixture and put them in the fridge to set for an hour or so.
Bird seed cakes with lard.
Add the other ingredients to the bowl and mix them together with your finger tips.
3 1 2 cups wild bird seed 1 cup quick oats 1 2 cup corn meal ice cube tray.
1 spray silicon mold with cooking spray.
The 3 cups of lard is equal to about 1 1 2 pounds.
Purchase rendered plain suet cakes or chunks from a wild bird supply store garden center or pet store.
Lard is usually sold in containers labeled by weight so make sure you get a container of at least 1 5 lb size.
Making your own suet cakes is easy affordable and they re sure to turn your backyard into a bird watching hot spot this summer.
Keep adding the seed raisin cheese mixture and squidging it until the fat holds it all together.
Fat peanut butter nuts dried fruit corn meal bird seed for this instructable we used bacon fat beef suet peanut butter peanuts raisins cracked corn and later remembered to add corn meal oatmeal and whole sunflower seeds.
2 on the stovetop over medium heat whisk gelatin and water until dissolved.
There are two options for these hanging feeders.
We just pour excess fat right from the pan into the silicone mold mix in bird seed nuts fruit etc.
Then release a perfectly sized suet cake to fit into your feeder.
The containers i usually find in the store are 2 5 lb size.
A suet cake cage in your backyard can attract many different fun to watch birds such as woodpeckers wrens robins orioles jays and more.
Either they are formed around knots on a piece of string or around pine cones.
Combine the shortening and nut butter in a separate bowl and melt.
This will usually be the most expensive option as these cakes have already been processed and shaped for feeders.
Hang your speedy bird cakes from trees or your bird table.
1 cup crunchy.
This is a great simple recipe for bird lovers who enjoy making their own suet cakes.
When i have enough i then melt it down and make a seed cake with it.
The lard is quite useful to the birds in winter as it is an excellent source of calories for them.
Pour the melted mixture into the dry ingredients and stir.
Mix the dry ingredients of bird seed oats and corn meal together and set aside.
However birds are usually fond of the black oil sunflower seeds so they re a nice addition to the recipe.
Stir until completely combined.
Whisk in corn syrup and mix well.
These cakes can be used as is or can be melted down to be used in more specialized suet recipes.
We use the you do it suet silicone mold to create our suet cakes.
What you need makes several.
