Bird Seed Cake Recipe
Make some birdseed cakes to hang outdoors during the winter to help birds that don't migrate.
Yield: 12
Cost: $5 -10
Equipment
- Scissors
Materials
- 4 cups birdseed
- 2 packages of unflavored gelatin
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- Muffin tin with 12 muffin sections
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Straws
- Twine
Instructions
- Combine gelatin powder with 3 tablespoons of room temperature water and mix well.
- Add 1/2 cup boiling water to the gelatin mix and whisk until smooth.
- Add the gelatin mixture to the birdseed and mix well.
- Spray the cups in the muffin tin with non-stick vegetable spray.
- Spoon in birdseed mixture evenly among all muffin sections.
- Lightly press the birdseed mixture into place.
- Cut up straws and place a section into the center of each birdseed muffin.
- Let sit for about an hour.
- Lift out the birdseed cakes and check to see that the straw is the whole way through.
- Remove straws.
- Thread cakes onto a length of twine and hang them outside.
- Keep the remaining birdseed cakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
You can space out a few of the birdseed cakes on the twine by tying a double knot under the cake to hold them in place.
Try to find a spot to hang your cakes where other animals such as squirrels and chipmunks can't get to them before the birds.
This is meant for areas with a cold climate. If it gets too warm the cakes may melt.
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