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Picture of Recipe for Winter Birdseed Cakes

 Camping, Tenting, Hiking in The Great Outdoors - This Old Tent
Recipe for Birdseed Cakes - Suet Feeders

This is a very, very easy recipe for winter birdseed cakes that can be placed out flat for bird feeding or hung inside those familiar green-wire cages.

The wonderful thing about this recipe is that there is no need to measure!  Six cakes cost about $1.00 to make - so the birds not only get a healthy, tasty cake, you'll save a lot of money in the process while making them happy.

 

Birdseed Cake Recipe:  Melt the following ingredients in a large microwave-safe bowl: lard or shortening, peanut butter, bit of white syrup.

Remove and quickly add any of the following until mixture doesn't stir easily: sunflower seeds, cracked corn, birdseed, raisins, dried fruits, nuts, oats and flaxseed.

Line a plastic sandwich container with plastic wrap and spoon mixture into the 'mold'.  Since the mixture sets up quickly once the shortening begins to cool, I use several sandwich containers and pop each into the freezer for just a few minutes before unmolding for easier handling.

I also keep an eye out for store specials on the items that I use for my cakes.  Shortening, peanut butter and syrup can easily be obtained for a $1.00 in many stores in our area.

A large can of shortening makes about 3 batches of the birdseed cake recipe - as does a small jar of peanut butter. A small bottle of syrup will produce about 10 batches or 60 winter birdseed cakes.

We also purchase a lot of birdseed so my seed mixture is garnered from our supply at hand.

I hope that you have fun making these tasty treats for the birds in your area!

 
 
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Camping, Tenting, Hiking in The Great Outdoors - This Old Tent
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