Bird Suet Cakes

Submitted by mitzisami

"Birds love these cakes all winter. Watch they WILL melt in sun's heat."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 8 cakes
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 453.59 g lard (no substitutes)
• 473.18 ml chunky peanut butter (cheapest is fine)
• 473.18 ml cornmeal
• 473.18 ml flour (any kind)
• 473.18 ml oatmeal (any kind)
• 78.78 ml sugar
• 473.18 ml bird seed
• 236.59 ml dried fruits (optional)

directions

1. Melt lard and peanut butter, in microwave oven about 3 minutes, stirring each minute; then add in all other ingredients and mix together.
2. Scrape into flat pan (9-13), cool in refrigerator until hard.
3. Cut to desired size and wrap in plastic wrap or foil.
4. Refrigerate until ready to use.
5. Place in small mesh bag (old produce bags work) and hang where birds can reach.
6. Watch that other critters cannot get to it.

Reviews

[Lucky in Bayview]

This was fun to make and held together really well. From what I can tell, the birdies give it 5 stars! Thanks for posting the recipe.

 

[kaurorac]

I love this recipe, and have been making it all winter. I have had everything from Chickadees to Nuthatches, Woodpeckers to Blue Jays and Flickers, too! This will probably always be what I use when I make suet. Thanks!

 

[karma]

I love feeding the wild critters in my yard, and "my" birds just LOVE this stuff. I halved the recipe, did not add the sugar or fruit, subbed the flour for twice the seed. I filled two molds from the store bought cakes, and put the rest in 6 paper lined cupcakes. The little guys swarmed like never before. Homemade cake is always better than store-bought after all.

 

[ladyfingers]

I hang out three types of suet--pure beef fat, store-bought and this recipe. Many more bird varieties frequent the feeders containing this. I wrote a previous review about squirrels also loving it, but the problem has subsided a bit, and we just have to learn to live with those Harry Houdinis! I do not add the sugar, though--seems unnecessary. Old store-bought suet containers make great re-usable molds, yielding about 6-7 cakes. Thanks again, Alberta.

 

[3shihmum]

this went together really easily. The only thing I did a bit different was to line my 13x9 with plastic wrap before pouring the mix in, then I set it up in the freezer. It popped out of the dish very easily. It's -5 degrees here and all my little birds are thanking you Alberta!