Feeding the birds is a fun little hobby i enjoy during the winter months.
Bird seed cakes recipe.
Also make sure to check out our article on the best kinds of birdseed for your feeders.
The benefit of the stacker is that you can stack up different types of birdseed cakes and attract more birds with a bigger variety of bird seeds.
This year i ve added a new bird feeder to my collection the birdola stacker.
Followed the recipe for the most part.
Place the muffin pan in the refrigerator for a few hours to allow the seed mixture to set.
1 spray silicon mold with cooking spray.
Drop the seed cake into a suet cage and hang outdoors for the birds to enjoy.
Before you know it birds will be flocking from miles around to feast in your garden.
The 3 cups of lard is equal to about 1 1 2 pounds.
You can even customize the mixture to attract specific species of birds.
Also added some pb and a quarter cup or so of cornmeal that was out of date.
3 cups bird seed mix.
I didn t have any karo in the pantry so i used molasses instead.
However birds are usually fond of the black oil sunflower seeds so they re a nice addition to the recipe.
It should be even but it doesn t have to look perfect.
Ingredients this recipe makes 4 bird seed cakes cup white or wheat flour.
Lard is usually sold in containers labeled by weight so make sure you get a container of at least 1 5 lb size.
2 on the stovetop over medium heat whisk gelatin and water until dissolved.
Seeing that 2 of my feeders are 8x8x2 i doubled the recipe and made 2 seed cakes using square pans.