Herman Coffee Cake Starter and Bread
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Yields:
-
1 bundt cake
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
-
STARTER
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
-
HERMAN BREAD
- 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)
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TOPPING
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
-
GLAZE
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped nuts
directions
- 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.
Reviews
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
BeachGirl
Edisto Island, South Carolina
I am a retired computer programmer, teacher, and cookbook author. Hubby and I have a grown daughter & SIL, son & DIL and 2 grandgirls. My favorite hobbies: cooking, Silhouette crafting, sewing, embroidery and wearable art, quilting, genealogy research, reading,