Any Home Bakers Here?

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Has anyone ever heard of Herman cake? It’s just like the friendship bread, but I didn’t delve deep enough to figure out the difference.

So Herman cake is a cake you make using the friendship bread starter? Or is it bread? I'm confused!

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Aria, your bread looks wonderful!

 

[rjohns39]

Aria, that bread looks awesome!

 

[BullChick]

So Herman cake is a cake you make using the friendship bread starter? Or is it bread? I'm confused!

It’s cake. Apparently it is the same as Friendship bread.

 

[Aria]

Thanks Debby and rjohns......AND is is delicious. Haven't
received comments from Floyd yet. Probably will soon.
Where have I been: Never heard of Friendship or Herman???
Will someone post recipes. Thanks Aria

 

[Aria]

Penny, Thanks. We are enjoying it. Aria

 

[BullChick]

Where have I been: Never heard of Friendship or Herman???
Will someone post recipes. Thanks Aria

I’m leaving that to @Southernc since she brought it up, and has been active with it.

 

[BullChick]

Since I periodically search different websites to get back into it (I do sourdough, why not do this too?), I am realizing that some people really make fermenting foods very complex.
Years ago when I started fermenting chicken feed, some people gave such contradicting instructions, that I held off for a while.
My first attempt at sourdough actually came from a recipe book that I have. I have three or four different bread recipe books. In the books, it told me I had to add numerous things to the starter, including potato flakes, and potato water. Watching a video of friendship starter, it showed adding a good portion of potato flakes.


Does anyone else get annoyed watching YouTube videos of someone mixing?

 

[wyoDreamer]

Herman is just an Amish Friendship Starter - very similar to Sour Dough Starter, just a lot sweeter - and does not call for vanilla pudding mix. (the Amish Friendship recipes that I have all call for vanilla pudding mix, what's up with that?) I have recipes for Herman pancakes, coffee cake, quick bread (Friendship Bread), muffins, etc. There was a series of recipes published in a local newspaper eons ago and I have photocopies of it in my recipe box. I think it was from the 1970s, but I am not sure. I am going to have to look it up when I get home tonight!
The potato flakes are used to collect the proper yeast from the air to make/support a starter. The recipe for making a sour dough starter from wild yeast calls for leaving potato water on the counter for a couple of days until it starts to ferment. If it doesn't turn pink it is good to use - or something like that.
I prefer to use the start I got from @ronott1 .

 

[BullChick]

My sourdough is paste. IE, flour and water. Potato water turned pink every time. I’ve had fuzzy sourdough, and sourdough with fruit flies. But never any pink since I started this batch three years ago.

 

[ronott1]

Herman is just an Amish Friendship Starter - very similar to Sour Dough Starter, just a lot sweeter - and does not call for vanilla pudding mix. (the Amish Friendship recipes that I have all call for vanilla pudding mix, what's up with that?) I have recipes for Herman pancakes, coffee cake, quick bread (Friendship Bread), muffins, etc. There was a series of recipes published in a local newspaper eons ago and I have photocopies of it in my recipe box. I think it was from the 1970s, but I am not sure. I am going to have to look it up when I get home tonight!
The potato flakes are used to collect the proper yeast from the air to make/support a starter. The recipe for making a sour dough starter from wild yeast calls for leaving potato water on the counter for a couple of days until it starts to ferment. If it doesn't turn pink it is good to use - or something like that.
I prefer to use the start I got from @ronott1 .

You don't have to do that stuff with starter that is some where over 100 years old!

I have been getting into hydration levels--making the starter thicker adds to it's ability to raise bread. The Oregon starter does not have a problem with raising bread though