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How to Compress Suet Cakes for Wild Birds

Suet cakes are a form of bird food typically used during the winter. You can buy the cakes from a store, or you can make your own. There are a number of different recipes for suet, but all of them include lard. Lard contains a high amount of fat, which is ideal for wild birds trying to keep warm in the winter.

Things You'll Need

1 1/2 cups lard
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
Large saucepan
Stove
Spoon
3 cups whole oats
3 cups cornmeal
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cups sugar
1-inch-deep baking pan
Knife

Instructions

- 1
  Heat 1 1/2 cups of each lard and peanut butter in a saucepan on a stove over low heat.
- 2
  Stir the mixture with a spoon until it becomes completely liquid.
- 3
  Turn off the stove.
- 4
  Add three cups whole oats, three cups cornmeal, 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour and half a cup of sugar to the saucepan and stir. If the mixture becomes too difficult to stir, try adding some more lard.
- 5
  Pour the mixture into an inch-deep baking pan.
- 6
  Set the baking pan aside until the suet cools and solidifies.
- 7
  Cut the hardened suet into block cakes matching the dimensions of your suet bird feeder.

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