Jeannine's friendship cake

[antipodes]

Wanted to say that I have successfully made Jeannine's friendship cake starter! I have two jars of it to give away (not that most people seem to want it!! It's like giving a puppy for Christmas!), one is growing again and I made a wonderful choc cake with the rest. It was very well risen., a slightly yeasty taste but just the right amount and the crust was wonderfully sweet and crunchy. Next time I will make apple spice cake with it.

The starter was - 1 cup each of flour, sugar and milk and half a sachet of dried baker's yeast. It got stirred and chatted to every day and fed on days 4 and 9. I made the cake on day 10.

So Thank you to Jeannine, wherever you are, for that piece of traditional wisdom!

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[Fuchsias]

I recently made an apple spiced one.  Delish even though yeasty.

I couldn't give mine away either, think its probably people being too busy to bother at this time of year with so many other things to do.

My starter was given to me by a neighbour but I will certainly follow your starter again in the new year.

[antipodes]

I did follow Jeannine's advice which was to put in a little instant pudding mix when making the cake!!!! The nearest I could get was Angel Delight, maybe that explains the crunchy crust? I found the yeasty teaste minimal which was why it was so good.
To a cup of the friendship cake mixture, I added:
2 eggs
4 tabs oil
a splash of milk

Then in a bowl:
200g flour
120g sugar
3 tabs of cocoa
2 tabs of Angel delight pudding powder (choc flavour)
1 teas baking powder and small pinch of bicarb and pinch of salt

And mixed the wet stuff into it.
180 deg C oven for about 45 minutes, it rose spectacularly! Cook it until it is firm and no longer makes any bubbly noises :)
It's kept all week in the fridge and my daughter loves it.

[Twoflower]

  ok you've got me hooked, how do i make the starter?
                     twoflower

[antipodes]

The starter was - 1 cup each of flour, sugar and milk and half a sachet of dried baker's yeast. It got stirred and chatted to every day and fed on days 4 and 9. I made the cake on day 10. Feeding is again 1 cup of each flour+sugar+milk, but on my second lot I don't want to end up with so much. so just using a tablespoon full.

[Twoflower]

Stupid woman just seen the post above mine ::) sorry
           Twoflower