Herman cake

Ten days ago my friend Sarah handed me a tupperware box and a sheet of instructions. In the tupperware box was a living and breathing Herman. Let me explain, Herman is a starter for a cake, a bit like a sourdough starter. You sit him on the sideboard in a large bowl and stir him […]

Herman the German Friendship Cake: Herman is a friendship cake which you cannot buy but can give away. Herman is alive and grows slowly but surely because of a yeasting process. It takes 10 days before you can eat him

Well this is not really a cake recipe - yet. This is how you begin the journey which results in the Friendship cake. And I don't call her Herman; to me she is Helga. Helga grows and expands, and is handed on to others in a continuing circle of cakes and loaves... Phew, I am getting a bit over the top there. The Helga plant (as some call it) was given to me by a friend who had received it from a friend, and so on. Helga is a sour-dough starter in fact, so that is why your kitchen ends up…

Herman Coffee Cake is an easy to make cake with delicious flavors. It is made with the sweet sourdough starter

Herman the German friendship cake, takes a while but i remember a few years ago, it was my favourite cake and we could not find the recipe! But I am saved, its worth it. ☺

Learn how to make the sweet sourdough starter known as Herman. It is easy to make and can be used to add more flavor in cakes, breads etc.

I cannot even remember where I learned to make this cake, nor who taught me. But I do recall my step mother bringing the starter home. Its 35 years old. The starter is a mixture of fruit juices and sugar, it smells like 90 proof and it will get you drunk of you drank it. This is how to start the 30 day cakes : You`ll need a gallon glass jug, 1 pint of the starter juice, 2 large cans of sliced peaches with juice ( I also dice them into small chunks) and two cups of sugar. Put all the above in…

A friend from church introduced me to Herman The German Friendship Cake. I thought i would document my day to day journey with Herman as it’s a cute concept that you might like to try if you …