There's a craze in these parts for "friendship" cakes. For those blessed enough to be ignorant of this craze basically someone hands you a horrible, yeasty, festering culture which you grow in your kitchen for 10 days and then make into a cake. Before you make the cake you remove some of the culture and hand it on to other people.
Am I the only one who thinks this is just disgusting and finds the thought of eating something that has been growing in my kitchen for 10 days simply dreadful?
I seem to be offending loads of people by turning down their offers of cultures - the last one actually told me that this mixture was called Herman as it was alive (she is clearly insane).
I'm not BU am I???
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Helenagrace · 05/07/2011 10:23
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MothershipG ·
05/07/2011 13:20
Yes, you are definitely BU! It's just yeast, no need to be so precious! 
I'd never heard of this but I love sourdough bread and I love yeasted cake so this sounds fab! Any one in West London who could pass some on to me??? Go on, pretty please! 
TheRhubarb ·
05/07/2011 13:38
diddl I think adults do it, although as far as I'm aware it's not one of those "you will lose all your friends if you don't pass it on" thing. It's just a way of sharing a sourdough recipe and I guess it does get you talking to friends and neighbours.
We just got a sheet with ours, full of American measures (a cup of this and that) which we had to convert and on the sheet it says that the cake is called Herman. The old neighbour who gave it to me said it had originally come from Germany.
Anyway her cake was absolutely delicious and I think if I hadn't tasted hers then perhaps I wouldn't have bothered but now I know what a treat we are all in for
I may actually keep 2 of the cakes for myself and give just 2 away. To people who might actually like it and not think me odd or disgusting for sharing an old recipe with them.
GetOrf ·
05/07/2011 13:41
I have never heard of this in my life. I thought the OP was about those VILE forever friends mini cakes they sell in Clinton cards for about a tenner. Someone bought me one of those once, I would have preferred the cash.
I don't think I would like a lump of fermented dough either, I have barely ever baked in my life, I would just bin it. But it is the kind of thing dd would love. She likes baking bread (and getting flour up the wall etc 
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octopusinabox ·
05/07/2011 13:47
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TheRhubarb ·
05/07/2011 13:57
I am genuinely shocked by those who wouldn't touch other people's baking yet presumably eat out, get the odd takeaway etc that is made in kitchens you cannot see.
I remember a mum who refused to give her son money to buy a cake from the school cake stall because she didn't know where it had been or who had baked it
She was also very very offensive in other ways, commenting on the way people dressed, spoke etc. She was very opinionated.
No wonder neighbours barely speak to each other and the community spirit is dying away.
feelforcedout ·
05/07/2011 14:03
That is not me Rhubarbo but i am put off from cakes on school fetes because once at school someone "iced" some cakes with cat shit 
, They got put out before someone realised - luckily no one bought any but they did look nice 
SarahStratton ·
05/07/2011 14:10
Whaaaaaaat?
I made a Herman. From the last recipe. It was a very nurturing experience. Until I actually ate the bloody thing. Like MayorNaze says, throwing one could cause serious damage.
It was like eating a huge wodge of old fashioned bread pudding. Only worse.
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