Herman Coffee Cake Starter and Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour. sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 2/3 cup cooking oil I use canola
- 1 cup nuts or 1 cup raisins. boiled & drained I use pecans
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
Instructions
- STARTER: Stir Ingredients together. mixing well. in a gallon container.
- Cover tightly and refrigerate.
- Feed Herman the same 3 Starter ingredients above every 5 days for a total of 4 times 20 days.
- Stir Herman daily.
- When you are ready to bake a Herman Cake. you should have about eight cups of starter.
- Bake Herman cake recipe below on the 25th day from the first feeding.
- ***Keep your own starter growing. use some to bake a Herman Cake. and give some to friends.
- ***SHARING YOUR STARTER: If someone gives you a cup of Herman Starter. you must feed it for 10 days before you bake with it.
- Day 1: Feed Starter with 1/2 cup sugar. 1 cup flour. and 1 cup milk.
- Stir. cover and refrigerate.
- Day 2-4: Stir.
- Leave in refrigerator.
- Day 5: Feed Starter again with 1/2 cup sugar. 1 cup flour. and 1 cup milk.
- Stir. cover and refrigerate.
- Day 6-9: Stir.
- Leave in refrigerator.
- ***Herman should now be about 4 cups: use 2 cups to bake. give 1 cup to friend. and keep 1 cup to grow more Starter.
- ***Day 10: MAKE HERMAN CAKE AS FOLLOWS: Mix all Herman Cake ingredients together. along with 2 cups of Herman Starter. and pour into a greased/floured bundt pan.
- Sprinkle top with Topping mixture.
- Bake 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
- Or use a 15x19-2“ pan and bake 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
- TOPPING MIXTURE: Mix together all Topping ingredients and sprinkle over cake BEFORE baking.
- GLAZE: Mix all Glaze ingredients together and cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour over top of hot baked Herman Cake.
