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How to Make a Birdseed Cake | Bird Feeders & Backyard | Garden Gate Magazine
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- čas přidán 15. 01. 2019
- Check out these fast & easy-to-make birdseed cakes! Follow our video for steps and materials to create your own. See more details, materials & tools list on our website:
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Ingredients:
3 cups bird seed mix
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup raw peanuts
1/4 oz. gelatin
3 tbsp. Light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
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Corn syrup and flour are not good for the birds at all. FYI
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Ingredients:
3 cups bird seed mix
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup raw peanuts
1/4 oz. gelatin
3 tbsp. Light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
Steps:
Mix dry ingredients
Add gelatin to boiling water
Add corn syrup
Mix thoroughly
Add wet to dry
Fill cups
Poke holes and let dry overnight
Use twine and sticks to hang
Add nuthatch
looked like cold water in the video
Wonderful Thanks!
Wow! It is good to fit in a milk carton. Thanks!
So, I made this and put it out this morning and the birds loved it but then a storm rolled in and it crumbled apart. Luckily i had it hanging over a dish. I did just read a comment that mentioned only in winter....
Oh no!
gonna make some for sure! thanks
Liked and Subbed! I was looking for a video on making Seed Cakes without Suet. And this looks perfect to me. I think I'll tweak what I have already and try this out. My birds really like Peanut butter cakes also. So I wonder if I can add it to the mix. I'll try it out. I'm out of ham fat and beef fat. I made Suet cakes a few weeks ago. And they are pretty much gone. It's snowing like mad outside. Thanks for this basic recipe and also how fast and no nonsense the video is.
So nice of you. Thanks for sharing!
The Squirrels will love them I am sure
Thanks for watching and commenting!
This looks really good I'm going to have to try this
Great. Thanks for watching and commenting
Simple but good
Thank you 😊
Thank you for the great video and recipe! I can’t wait to try it myself!
We live in San Diego County and I just wonder if the seed cakes would melt because of the hot summer days?
Thank you!
I have never made these before, so i'm researching recipes and that brought me here to this video. I've read so much conflicting info my head is about to explode. Some say DO NOT use corn syrup, corn meal, or gelatin in these cakes. Bad for birds and gelatin melts in rain or snow. Some say it's fine. Other say use suet (beef fat), lard (pork fat) or crisco (vegetable fat) instead to bind. Then others say NO animal fat because it's harder to digest (fat is supposed to give them energy, but they spend half that energy digesting the animal fat so crisco is better) and animal fat can quickly go rancid above 70 degrees. I'm going to press ahead and make some of these because I've already bought all the ingredients and supplies, but next year I may just get some feeders to fill and keep it simple. Only two things to worry about with those.....position them correctly and keep them clean. :-)
Fun bird treat idea💕
Thanks for watching
Can someone explain why the use of corn syrup in this recipe?
We reached out to Iowa State ornithologist Tyler Harms and asked him about corn syrup in bird seed cakes. His response: “I think it’s likely better if cakes didn’t have it but I know of no evidence that suggests it is significantly harmful to them.” Sugar itself is not a bad thing but it’s important to determine what kind of sugar we’re talking about. Refined sugar has been processed and contains no nutrients. Because nutrients the bird needs to sustain its metabolism have been removed from refined sugar the bird’s metabolism must sacrifice its own nutrients in order to metabolize refined sugar. If you want to make seed cakes without corn syrup, consider using molasses or gelatin as a substitute.
@@GardenGateMagazine Thank you for the in-depth reply, I can agree about the bird’s metabolism must sacrifice its own nutrients in order to metabolize refined sugar.
@@GardenGateMagazine why does it have to be sweet at all?
Wonder if adding a paste of corn starch would be ok or help contain the hardness?
@@ZilrenNana The bird seed cakes I make do not harden as well as I would like. What is your experience? What do you recommend?
Gimme just the nuthatches. Haha. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Love it! But can it be made without the corn syrup?
Yes -- corn syrup is a big no-no!
@@lanialost1320 I used honey, when I made them. They looked delicious, even to me, but the birds didn't touch them?? Instead, the squirrels came and took them
Since I don't have gelatin, but I have all the other ingredients, can I use peanut butter, instead of the gelatin, to make it all adhere together?
This is the ratio of ingredients that we tested. And although peanut butter is often used in suet cake recipes, those usually require a cage to hold the softer "cakes". If you decide to try some modifications, we'd love to hear about your results!
Easy to make...One question ...What size are those red cups?
12 oz
@@GardenGateMagazine Thank you... I made last night...Filled 2, 18 oz cups. :)
im on it
Excellent!
In England we use lard instead of gelatin. Plenty of calories in lard, none in gelatin.
Yes, lard is commonly used here also. Thanks for watching and commenting
By using lard you have made a suet cake and not a Bird seed cake
How would you recommend I scale up if I wanted to use 6 cups of bird seed? Double it since I'm doubling the seed?
Yes, that should work! Thanks for visiting.
Is this safe for parakeets?
Is corn syrup better for birds than it is for people?
We reached out to Iowa State ornithologist Tyler Harms and asked him about corn syrup in bird seed cakes. His response: “I think it’s likely better if cakes didn’t have it but I know of no evidence that suggests it is significantly harmful to them.” Sugar itself is not a bad thing but it’s important to determine what kind of sugar we’re talking about. Refined sugar has been processed and contains no nutrients. Because nutrients the bird needs to sustain its metabolism have been removed from refined sugar the bird’s metabolism must sacrifice its own nutrients in order to metabolize refined sugar. If you want to make seed cakes without corn syrup, consider using molasses or gelatin as a substitute.
9 oz cups? 12 oz cups? Thanks!
We used 9 oz. but you could make either work.
Dont they melt during summer?
We do use these in winter when food sources are harder to find for the birds.
@az stuff Please share your recipe with us. I would very much like to know how you make them. We have hot weather here in Tennessee also.
@az stuff The birds really don’t need to be fed during the Summer. Water yes, seed cakes not so much.
Never ever give your birds corn syrup or any sugar product it’s very bad for their health
We reached out to Iowa State ornithologist Tyler Harms and asked him about corn syrup in bird seed cakes. His response: “I think it’s likely better if cakes didn’t have it but I know of no evidence that suggests it is significantly harmful to them.” Sugar itself is not a bad thing but it’s important to determine what kind of sugar we’re talking about. Refined sugar has been processed and contains no nutrients. Because nutrients the bird needs to sustain its metabolism have been removed from refined sugar the bird’s metabolism must sacrifice its own nutrients in order to metabolize refined sugar. If you want to make seed cakes without corn syrup, consider using molasses or gelatin as a substitute.
Excellent point … except birds don’t have teeth!
We use peanut butter and honey for ours
Why are you feeding birds corn syrup? That’s bad for them. At this time of year they need good fats. So tallow( beef fat) would be the best thing or something similar.
Some recipes use natural peanut butter or gelatin as a substitute binder instead of corn syrup. Let us know if you find a good substitution!
Step 1 buy the most low quality seed you can buy 🤣