Bird Seed Cakes Recipe. Gently remove straw and thread a piece of string through the hole for hanging. This is a much less soggy, but no less sticky mixture.
If your seed cake doesn't slide out of the mold easily when you turn it upside down, sit the bottom of the mold in a shallow pan of warm water for a few minutes and the cake should pop out. 2 cups of basic bird seed 1/3 cup of bacon grease, leftover cooking grease (hardened, not warm liquid), or vegetable shortening 1/2 cup of peanut butter (use one that is literally just peanut butter, no added salt or sweeteners, as they may be harmful to birds) Hang your speedy bird cakes from trees or your bird table.
Recently, though, the price has gone up and up, and unless you find them on sale, you’ll pay at least $6, sometimes as much as $8.
Melt the lard and peanut butter together, then add the cornmeal and flour to the melted peanut butter and lard. Scoop the mixture into the yoghurt pot or coconut shell, packing it tightly around the string ‘core’ and filling all the way to the top. Hang your speedy bird cakes from trees or your bird table. Aiming for equal quantities of each, put the birdseed, nuts, raisins, grated cheese and lard or suet into the bowl.