Individual Size Birdseed Cake Recipes
Each of these recipes is designed to make a single birdseed cake of the same size as the store-bought cakes. You can save the packaging from a store-bought cake as your mold, or perhaps find another container (such as a square plastic storage container) that is an appropriate size.
Yield: 1 birdseed cake
Equipment:
- Mixing Bowl
- Stirring Utensil
- Something to use as a birdseed cake mold
Materials:
Idea #1: Quick Birdseed Cake
- 1-1/4 cups birdseed
- 1/3 cup melted lard (or about 6 tablespoons of meat drippings)
Idea #2: Peanut Butter & Raisin Birdseed Cake
- 1/2 cup birdseed
- 1/4 cup black oil sunflower seeds
- 3 tablespoons cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1/3 cup melted lard (or about 6 tablespoons of meat drippings)
Idea #3: Cranberry Birdseed Cake
- 3/4 cup black oil sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup birdseed
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 3 tablespoons cornmeal
- 1/3 cup melted lard (or about 6 tablespoons of meat drippings)
Instructions:
- Choose one of the three recipes above. Combine all the dry ingredients for that recipe in a mixing bowl.
- Stir in the melted lard (or the meat drippings) until everything is well mixed.
- Spread into something you can use as a mold for your birdseed cakes (such as the saved packaging from a store-bought cake, or a small square plastic storage container).
- Place in the freezer until set (probably about an hour).