Herman Sourdough Starter Food

HERMAN COFFEE CAKE STARTER AND BREAD

Steps:

• STARTER: Stir Ingredients together, mixing well, in a gallon container.
• Cover tightly and refrigerate.
• Feed Herman the same 3 Starter ingredients (above) every 5 days for a total of 4 times (20 days).
• Stir Herman daily.
• When you are ready to bake a Herman Cake, you should have about eight cups of starter.
• Bake Herman cake (recipe below) on the 25th day from the first feeding.
• ***Keep your own starter growing, use some to bake a Herman Cake, and give some to friends.
• ***SHARING YOUR STARTER: If someone gives you a cup of Herman Starter, you must feed it for 10 days before you bake with it.
• Day 1: Feed Starter with 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup milk.
• Stir, cover and refrigerate.
• Day 2-4: Stir.
• Leave in refrigerator.
• Day 5: Feed Starter again with 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup milk.
• Stir, cover and refrigerate.
• Day 6-9: Stir.
• Leave in refrigerator.
• ***Herman should now be about 4 cups: use 2 cups to bake, give 1 cup to friend, and keep 1 cup to grow more Starter.
• ***Day 10: MAKE HERMAN CAKE AS FOLLOWS: Mix all Herman Cake ingredients together, along with 2 cups of Herman Starter, and pour into a greased/floured bundt pan.
• Sprinkle top with Topping mixture.
• Bake 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
• Or use a 15x19-2" pan and bake 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
• TOPPING MIXTURE: Mix together all Topping ingredients and sprinkle over cake BEFORE baking.
• GLAZE: Mix all Glaze ingredients together and cook for 5 minutes.
• Pour over top of hot baked Herman Cake.

(HERMAN STARTER) SOURDOUGH BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
• Cream together margarine/butter and sugar; add egg and mix until blended.
• Stir in banana and Herman.
• Sift dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, soda) into banana mixture and add nuts if desired. Stir just enough for the batter to come together; extra stirring will make it tougher.
• Pour into loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center. Cool thoroughly before slicing.

HERMAN SOURDOUGH STARTER

Steps:

• In a large glass or plastic container, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Stir in the flour and sugar, mix until smooth. (DO NOT USE A METAL SPOON)! Cover loosely and store in a warm place overnight.
• The next day, stir and refrigerate.
• Stir once each day for the next four days. On the fifth day, stir, then divide in half. Give half away with feeding instructions.
• Feed starter with 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup milk. Stir until smooth. Cover and place in refrigerator. Stir once each day for next four days.
• On the tenth day feed again with 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup milk. Return to refrigerator and stir once each day for the next four days.
• On the fifteenth day it is ready to be used for baking. Reserve one cup of the starter in the refrigerator and continue to follow the stir and feed cycle (Stir once a day for four days, stir and feed on the fifth day, ready for use on the tenth day.)

HERMAN FRIENDSHIP CAKE

Steps:

• This is an Amish tradition. His name is Hermann and he is made for friendship. You can make the starter batch then keep him alive until he is ready to share, making a delicious cake with your part of him.
• What to do:
• 1. Dissolve the yeast in warm water for 10 minutes and stir.
• 2. Add the flour and sugar then mix thoroughly.
• 3. Slowly stir in the warm milk.
• 4. Cover the bowl in a clean cloth.
• 5. Leave in a cool dry place for 24 hours
• 6. Now proceed from day one of the 10 day cycle.
• I am a sourdough cake. I'm supposed to sit on your worktop for 10 days without a lid on.
• You CANNOT put me in the fridge or I will die. If I stop bubbling, I am dead.
• Day1: Put me in a large mixing bowl and cover loosely with a tea towel.
• Day 2: Stir well
• Day 3: Stir well
• Day 4: Herman is hungry. Add 1 cup each of plain flour, sugar and milk. Stir well.
• Day 5: Stir well
• Day 6: Stir well
• Day 7: Stir well
• Day 8: Stir well
• Day 9: Add the same as day 4 and stir well. Divide into 4 equal portions and give away to
• friends with a copy of these instructions. Keep the fourth portion.
• Day 10: Now you are ready to make the cake. Stir well and add the main cake ingredients.
• Mix everything together and put into a large greased baking tin. Sprinkle with a quarter of a
• cup of brown sugar and a quarter of a cup of melted butter. Bake for 45 minutes at 170 to
• 180C. You may need to cover in tin foil and bake for a further 20 minutes to make sure your Herman is done in the middle.
• Once you have made this recipie why not start again and experiment with other flavours such as chocolate and banana.
• LETS SEE HOW FAR HERMAN CAN TRAVEL AS HE IS SHARED BETWEEN FRIENDS