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BBC Good Food has a good recipe to start off your Herman the German friendship cake, even though the description is a bit sinister: “You have to keep Herman alive for ten days then bake him and share with friends.” Day 1: Put your Herman in a mixing bowl and cover with a clean tea towel. Day 2: Stir well. Day 3: Stir well.
Get the starter dough recipe, plus instructions on how to pass on this friendship cake to your friends… Day 4: Herman is hungry. Give him the following: 200mls milk, 200g self-raising flour, 250g sugar Herman (or Hermann) is a friendship cake.
Day1: Put me in a large mixing bowl and cover loosely with a tea towel. Day 4: Herman is hungry. Add 1 cup each of plain flour, sugar and milk. Stir well. Day 9: Add the same as day 4 and stir well. Divide into 4 equal portions and give away to
You start off the friendship cake (if you want to start your own cake dynasty) with a simple mixture of flour, water, sugar, milk and yeast. Once you’ve combined the basic ingredients, Herman will sit in a bowl on your kitchen worktop for ten days, growing frothy with regular feeding and stirring. Don’t put him in the fridge or he’ll die.
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