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 Coffee Cake - Historic Recipe - Collections hosted by the Milwaukee Public Library

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. ☺

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

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.

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

Herman (Hermann) friendship cake - get the starter dough recipe plus instructions on how to pass on this friendship cake to your friends.

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 …

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…