German Friendship Cake "Herman"

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lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 7:18 pm Post subject:
...didn't work....has collapsed in the oven I looked after him so well too! Oh well will try again with one of the babies....

Cathryn

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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 7:29 pm Post subject:
Mine did. Made a very tasty cake that survived on the worktop briefly.

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 9:19 pm Post subject:
I've made two from it now - both were quite dense, certainly not the sort of cake that would collapse in the oven, but were very nice. I did wonder if it was worth letting it sit and rise a bit before baking.

lettucewoman

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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:18 pm Post subject:
whats left of it is actually very nice...it overflowed the tin and then had hysterics and sank...but the taste is lovely

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:23 pm Post subject:
Bigger tin!

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:27 pm Post subject:
Someone has left a pot of Herman on the doorstep. There are no Downsizers in the area.

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:29 pm Post subject:
There does seem to be a bit of an epidemic of them about at the moment! I like the idea of a viral cake

carolyn

Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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Location: mid wales

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:29 pm Post subject:
I've managed to get hold of one, cooked it last night - it was lush. Now got to wait another 10 days before we can have another one

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:30 pm Post subject:

carolyn wrote:

I've managed to get hold of one, cooked it last night - it was lush. Now got to wait another 10 days before we can have another one

Nah. I made another much sooner than that!

carolyn

Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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Location: mid wales

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:33 pm Post subject:
Mmm very tempting

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 12 6:45 am Post subject:

carolyn wrote:

I've managed to get hold of one, cooked it last night - it was lush. Now got to wait another 10 days before we can have another one

Why not just split Herman in half at an earlier stage and bake half and grow half on? Then you won't have to keep finding new homes for him lol.

carolyn

Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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Location: mid wales

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 12 8:08 am Post subject:
Yes good idea, otherwise I can see myself becoming well and truly a 'Herman' slave with them taking over the whole kitchen

Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 12 11:10 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I've made two from it now - both were quite dense, certainly not the sort of cake that would collapse in the oven, but were very nice.

I did wonder if it was worth letting it sit and rise a bit before baking.

I've been given one with the self-same recipe. I was surprised to see baking powder in the recipe, since I had naively thought that the yeast activity in the dough would make it rise. Has anyone tried baking the cake without the baking powder?

Peter.

alison
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 12 11:22 am Post subject:
Never use baking powder. If you open my doc, above there are some recipies for Herman there.

jamanda
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 12 11:31 am Post subject:
I made a good chocolate one the other day. I did use a big spoon full of baking powder though.

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