to not pass on friendship cake starter mix

[qwepoi]

I've been given it, grown it and now it's time to share! I'm worried it isn't safe though, after hanging around for 10 days. I don't want to make friends ill!

I don't understand.

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Is it Hermann?

Haven't we just had one of these?

how do you grow a cake ?

It won't make friends ill, but they might not thank you for having to have a bowl of cake mixture in their kitchen they have to feed and mix over the next 10 days. They'll just get their own back on your and give you a portion back in 10 days. If it is Hermann, it does actually taste quite nice.

It is Herman

Still, huh? Can someone explain what it is.

It won't make them ill as long as you don't keep it forever. We did it (I had a lot of free time on my hands at the time!) and those we passed it on to loved it. It's weird and a bit 'friendship-letter' stylee, but it's harmless and quite yummy.

Sn0wflake it's basically an edible chain letter - you get given a fermenting batter and instructions on how to 'feed' it (adding ingredients etc), and after 10 days or so you divide up your mixture, bake your portion (and eat it if it's edible!) then you pass on the other portions to unsuspecting friends who start their own 'herman'.

Simples :o

someone passed one of these on to me
sat on kitchen worktop for a few days
then I lobbed it in the bin

whoever thought it up needs to get a life imo

Bin it, is like chain letters, pita for everyone. Is opposite of friendship to impose cake mixing/feeding duties on people.

Why is it called Hermann?

Oooh, I'll have Herman, I was given one years ago, it was lovely!!! We kept him going for ages, only stopped when we had to move. Never sure why it was called Herman though.

Herman the Cake

I threw ours in the bin as well.

ggirl - did the exact same thing, next door neighbours gave it to us and we left it and then chucked it, too much pain in the arse stuff to do. Herman the German cake

Ours went in the bin too.

Who needs blobs of old cake mixture doing the rounds? Cake mixture that has to be grown and fed? Ewww

I've only heard of this on MN in the last week but the whole idea is rank. And twee. A friendship cake? Are we all 11?

BIN!!!!

It'll be rose petal perfume next

I made a Herman and it was delicious.
But I left the other 3 Hermans on the windowsill and the ants got in there before I could pass it on.
I was a bit relieved really because I couldn't think who to pass it on to.

Foxy, it's not a friendship cake in the way you are thinking of. It's actually quite a nice idea. You are just passing on an old recipe to friends and neighbours. It should be called Community Cake really. I get the idea behind it, I really do. Just a shame that ours tasted mouldy.