Herman the German Friendship Cake is a sourdough cake starter that has been passed for person to person and works in a similar way to a chain letter in the fact that you pass it on to others. You can read all about it Wikipedia or on this website. Herman even has his own facebook page.
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| Herman in his bowl |
Because my friend only gave me a small portion I only fed it a 1/4 of what was recommended, I also fed it on the first day to get it going and then I will start counting the 10 day cycle from there (I am sure it will be fine in our warm climate to do this).
So in just over a week from now I will be doing my first bake. I will also be on the look out for some friends who might a portion of Herman.
Have you ever made a sourdough friendship cake or been involved with passing Herman on?
Love your blog, found you through sue who lives down the road
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Well if you look at my side tab Mr Gray then you would have found her a lot earlier. LOL
DeleteFi, you need to follow John, he will split your sides most days.
Hi John Thanks and welcome, I will pop over to yours and have a look around when I have a few spare minutes/hours (you know what happens when you come across a now blog).
DeleteLynda I will take you up on your reccomendation.
Your Herman us looking good! I keep mine in the ftidge between cakes as I only use it every couple of months. I just get it out and feed it before I need it-like a sour dough bread starter.
ReplyDeleteI have mine in the freezer. I just defrost, feed it and within days its bubbling away.
ReplyDeleteI did a post in Apr 13 (under cooking tab) I used apples and cinnamon and it came our spectacular.
Enjoy your Herman.
I posted about mine on my blog too. Love Herman! :). Cooked mine with apples too - yum! Enjoys :)
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