Herman Friendship Cake??

jaybee

I used to do this as well - it's really nice. Think I'll start it up again.

carol_a_3

I remember doing it in the early 80's, we just called it a "friendship" cake. Got to be a bit of a pain after a while so gave it up. Sounds similar to a sour dough starter.

Murtle

We did at Easter, I don't know why we used to get it from our neighbour and I think it was called a friendship cake like carol_a

Edited to add a link!!

http://recipecircus.com/recipes/philocrates/Hint/Friendship_CakeBread_History.html

this says it was something to do with the pioneer days!!! Not much info, but some!!

Although having read that I think that's why it was done around Lent maybe, not Easter when using up the rich ingredients???

Alleycat

Ah, thats sounds like such a lovely idea! Maybe an old style pressie for christmas for the kids?

You never know, it may still be going next christmas!

Alley

scuzz

I remember this - we were eating it for what seemed like years!!!

squeaky

Eating the same cake every ten days sounds like a cruel and unusual punishment to me!

cath-w

My mother in-law did this for years with her family. The kept one cake going for about 15 years amongst theoir large family until relatives started to die off.

JAMIEDODGER

i remember this!!!!! i had one in the 80's and it was called a friendship cake!!!

Chipps

I remember it as German Friendship Cake back in the 80s
but more recently a friend brought some of the starter back from a trip home to Belgium. She called it Hermann, so I assumed that was the Belgian/German name for it!

Savvy_Sue

cath-w wrote:

My mother in-law did this for years with her family. The kept one cake going for about 15 years amongst theoir large family until relatives started to die off.

Nothing to do with the cake, I trust?