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From: David Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
To: Clare Power <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: Recipe for German Friendship Cake?
Date: 30 November 1999 15:12
>Does anyone know the recipe for 'German Friendship Cake'? If you can help
Ulricke please post your reply to the list.<
Don't know how authentic it is, but there's a recipe for a 10-day "German
Friendship Cake" at
http://mort.level5.net/johnr/recipes/sourdough-cake.txt:
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GERMAN FRIENDSHIP CAKE
- A 10-day Sourdough cake
This is known as the friendship cake-it's a bit like a chain letter
in that you have to find a set of friends to pass on the starter to.
During preparation put the starter into a very large bowl (it foams
up), and cover with a lid or with cling film.
INGREDIENTS (Starter and one cake)
1 cup cake starter
STARTER FOOD
1 cup normal milk
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup sugar
CAKE
2 cups self-raising flour
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup oil
2 tsp cinnamon and vanilla
2 eggs
/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup nuts (or other fruits)
15oz pineapple chunks, drained (one can)
PROCEDURE (STARTER)
(Day 1)
Blend the "starter feed" together, and then hand mix in the starter. I
find it easiest to mix the flour and
sugar together dry, add the milk to the starter, and then slowly add
the flour and sugar to the liquid. The
starter should never be beaten with a blender orrefrigerated.
Pour the mixture into a large bowl,
cover with cling-film or a damp towel, and leave to brew.
(Day 2)
Thoroughly mix the sourdough, then leave to brew again.
(Day 5)
As day 1
(Day 6
As day 2
(Day 10)
Print off three copies of this recipe. Here now is why this is called a
friendship cake.
Take 3 cups of Sourdough mixture, and give them away with copies of
the recipe as starters to your friends. Then proceed with the baking.
PROCEDURE (MAKING THE CAKE)
(1) Blend all ingredients thoroughly with remaining
starter.
(2) Pre-heat oven to 350 deg. F (English gas mark 4)
(3) Pour mixture into a well-greased baking tin.
(4) Bake for 13/4 hours (less in a fan oven), cool.
NOTES
If you don't get cake starter from a friend, you can probably buy it
in a baking supply store.
Vary the spices to taste. The cake is quite pleasant if you
forget them.
RATING
Difficulty: easy. Time: 10 days brewing starter, 30 minutes
preparing cake, 2 hours baking and cooling. Precision: measure the
ingredients.
CONTRIBUTOR
Andrew Macpherson
STC Telecommunications, Harlow Technical Center, England
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David Wilson
Harton School, South Shields
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