Diy Suet Cakes
Stir melted ingredients into the dry mix.
Diy suet cakes. This lipid-rich treat can help prepare year-round residents for the long winter and is quite the draw for birds such as woodpeckers wrens chickadees nuthatches and titmice. 1 cup flour. Put on a tray feeder in a suet cage or in a tin can.
Use your suet cages as a guide to cut the right sized cakes. You can buy a field guide this is an affiliate link. Melt the lard and peanut butter together then add the cornmeal and flour to the melted peanut butter and lard.
Suet is animal fat that has been rendered to form hard cakes balls or other shapes. Hanging suet cakes in your trees or near your homeschool window will bring birds to your house. Once made this recipe can be made put in any mold or form that you choose.
This recipe makes approximately three 11-ounce cakes. Chill time to Harden the Suet. Once cool press into molds and refrigerate.
You can do this over the stove or in a crock pot. After hanging your suet feeder its normal for the birds to take a few days to find the new food source. Check out the best suet feeders for winter birds.
While there are many commercial suet blocks cakes and plugs available making your own suet bird food is. By adding your own. Pour lard over the birdseed mixture and stir until mixed well.