Dria El
August 15th, 2001, 05:39 AM
Friendship Cake Starter
This is a recipe for a starter for Friendship Cake
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup warm milk
In a small bowl, soften yeast in water for 10 minutes. Stir well. In a 1-quart bowl, combine flour and sugar. Mix thoroughly. Slowly stir in warm milk and softened yeast mixture. Cover loosely and let stand at room temperature until bubbly. Refrigerate. Consider this day 1 of a 10 day cycle.
Days 2 through 4: stir.
Day5: FEED - blend 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar in a small bowl; slowly mix in 1 cup milk. Stir mixture into starter. Return to refrigerator.
Day 6 through 9: Stir.
Day 10 (which becomes Day 1 for the next series). Feed as you did on Day 5.
NOTE: Consider the 10-day cycle as a guide; it does not have to be followed exactly. If you need more starter, feed it more often. The starter is a yeast culture and will grow when fed. To speed growth, leave starter at room temp for several hours. USE NO METAL - BOWLS OR SPOONS OR STORAGE CONTAINERS - After feeding the starter. Return to refrigerator. Remove what you need for baking and leave it at room temperature until very bubbly. Return remainder to refrigerator and continue to follow the 10-day cycle. If you are getting to much, cut the feeding in half. Don't let starter drop below 1 cup, because rejuvenating it to usable amounts takes several days. Measure out 1 cup lots to give to friends or put in freezer. If you give it to friends remember to tell them how to feed it so it will grow. Frozen starter takes at least 3 hrs at room temperature to thaw and come to life.
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Friendship Cake
You must have a Starter Kit:
Take kit out of Freezer & let it thaw one day.
Next Day is; Day 1:Place mixture into a Large bowl, {if you don't place it in a large bowl it will grow over the edges} leave it on the countertop open! No lid on it, and do nothing. Don't stir it!
{Bowl sizes should be no smaller then a half gallon size or if you wish you could use a larger mixing bowl to start with.}
On each of the following Days 2nd, 3rd, 4th day's:
Just stir the mixture once. Watch it grow taller each day. LOL
{See Note Below}
On Day 5: Add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup whole Milk, Stir well, let sit on counter top uncovered.
On each of the Days 6 & 7: Just stir the mixture up.
{See Note Below}
On Days 8 & 9: Do Nothing to Mixture! {See Note Below}
On the 10th Day: Add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of whole milk then mix well. Then separate mixture into 3 containers {1 cup per each container} Keep one container for yourself, & give the other two away to Friends. Or just keep them in your Freezer to use at a later date. {They last more then a year in the freezer too}
Now to the remaining mixture in the bowl add the following:
1 cup flour
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons of Vanilla
1 teaspoon of baking soda
Smile, this will come out Great!
Add 1 small box of (instant) Vanilla or Banana pudding.
1 cup of crush Nuts (if you want to)
Mix well all the above into the mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees For 40-45 minutes. Make sure you grease & flour the loaf or cake pans. This mixture will make 2 loafs of bread. You can double the above to make more loafs too. I make 8 loafs at a time & then just freeze in the regular store bread wrappers, till I want to use one of them. They thaw really fast too.
Note: Mixture doesn't need refrigerated during the 10 days. During the 10 days the mixture might form a hard crust on the top of it this. It's OK. Just follow the recipe & stir only when you are suppose to. Hope you enjoy your home made cake or bread.
I'm not sure if you can make a starter kit or not. I've always had a start kit to start with. If you want to I would try to use the following for a starter kit:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of whole milk
Mix well
Then just follow the recipe above
This is a recipe for a starter for Friendship Cake
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup warm milk
In a small bowl, soften yeast in water for 10 minutes. Stir well. In a 1-quart bowl, combine flour and sugar. Mix thoroughly. Slowly stir in warm milk and softened yeast mixture. Cover loosely and let stand at room temperature until bubbly. Refrigerate. Consider this day 1 of a 10 day cycle.
Days 2 through 4: stir.
Day5: FEED - blend 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar in a small bowl; slowly mix in 1 cup milk. Stir mixture into starter. Return to refrigerator.
Day 6 through 9: Stir.
Day 10 (which becomes Day 1 for the next series). Feed as you did on Day 5.
NOTE: Consider the 10-day cycle as a guide; it does not have to be followed exactly. If you need more starter, feed it more often. The starter is a yeast culture and will grow when fed. To speed growth, leave starter at room temp for several hours. USE NO METAL - BOWLS OR SPOONS OR STORAGE CONTAINERS - After feeding the starter. Return to refrigerator. Remove what you need for baking and leave it at room temperature until very bubbly. Return remainder to refrigerator and continue to follow the 10-day cycle. If you are getting to much, cut the feeding in half. Don't let starter drop below 1 cup, because rejuvenating it to usable amounts takes several days. Measure out 1 cup lots to give to friends or put in freezer. If you give it to friends remember to tell them how to feed it so it will grow. Frozen starter takes at least 3 hrs at room temperature to thaw and come to life.
@~@~@~@~@~@~@
Friendship Cake
You must have a Starter Kit:
Take kit out of Freezer & let it thaw one day.
Next Day is; Day 1:Place mixture into a Large bowl, {if you don't place it in a large bowl it will grow over the edges} leave it on the countertop open! No lid on it, and do nothing. Don't stir it!
{Bowl sizes should be no smaller then a half gallon size or if you wish you could use a larger mixing bowl to start with.}
On each of the following Days 2nd, 3rd, 4th day's:
Just stir the mixture once. Watch it grow taller each day. LOL
{See Note Below}
On Day 5: Add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup whole Milk, Stir well, let sit on counter top uncovered.
On each of the Days 6 & 7: Just stir the mixture up.
{See Note Below}
On Days 8 & 9: Do Nothing to Mixture! {See Note Below}
On the 10th Day: Add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of whole milk then mix well. Then separate mixture into 3 containers {1 cup per each container} Keep one container for yourself, & give the other two away to Friends. Or just keep them in your Freezer to use at a later date. {They last more then a year in the freezer too}
Now to the remaining mixture in the bowl add the following:
1 cup flour
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons of Vanilla
1 teaspoon of baking soda
Smile, this will come out Great!
Add 1 small box of (instant) Vanilla or Banana pudding.
1 cup of crush Nuts (if you want to)
Mix well all the above into the mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees For 40-45 minutes. Make sure you grease & flour the loaf or cake pans. This mixture will make 2 loafs of bread. You can double the above to make more loafs too. I make 8 loafs at a time & then just freeze in the regular store bread wrappers, till I want to use one of them. They thaw really fast too.
Note: Mixture doesn't need refrigerated during the 10 days. During the 10 days the mixture might form a hard crust on the top of it this. It's OK. Just follow the recipe & stir only when you are suppose to. Hope you enjoy your home made cake or bread.
I'm not sure if you can make a starter kit or not. I've always had a start kit to start with. If you want to I would try to use the following for a starter kit:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of whole milk
Mix well
Then just follow the recipe above