Bird Seed Cakes With Lard

But instead of lard what i do is simply keep a plastic container in my fridge into which gets poured every bit of fat from the frying or oven pans when i cook.

Bird seed cakes with lard.

What you need makes several. Whisk in corn syrup and mix well. 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.

3 1 2 cups wild bird seed 1 cup quick oats 1 2 cup corn meal ice cube tray. Purchase rendered plain suet cakes or chunks from a wild bird supply store garden center or pet store. 2 on the stovetop over medium heat whisk gelatin and water until dissolved. Fill your yoghurt pots with bird cake mixture and put them in the fridge to set for an hour or so.

The 3 cups of lard is equal to about 1 1 2 pounds. We use the you do it suet silicone mold to create our suet cakes. 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. There are two options for these hanging feeders.

These cakes can be used as is or can be melted down to be used in more specialized suet recipes. Then release a perfectly sized suet cake to fit into your feeder. Hang your speedy bird cakes from trees or your bird table. We just pour excess fat right from the pan into the silicone mold mix in bird seed nuts fruit etc.

Add the other ingredients to the bowl and mix them together with your finger tips. Pour the melted mixture into the dry ingredients and stir. 1 cup of bird seeds half a pack of lard or suet pine cones optional string optional how to make the bird cakes. The lard is quite useful to the birds in winter as it is an excellent source of calories for them.

Keep adding the seed raisin cheese mixture and squidging it until the fat holds it all together. 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. Mix the dry ingredients of bird seed oats and corn meal together and set aside.

Stir until completely combined. 1 spray silicon mold with cooking spray. We had about six cups of rendered melted fat and we added roughly one cup of each dry ingredient. 1 cup crunchy.

This is a great simple recipe for bird lovers who enjoy making their own suet cakes. However birds are usually fond of the black oil sunflower seeds so they re a nice addition to the recipe. Either they are formed around knots on a piece of string or around pine cones.