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Brandied Fruit Starter for Friendship Cake
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Servings: 1
Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1
20 oz can sliced peaches,
ch
2 1/2
c
Sugar 1
pk
Dry yeast
-----tenth day----- 1
15 oz can chunk pineapple,
w
2 1/2
c
Sugar 1
15 oz can fruit cocktail,
wi
-----twentieth day----- 2 1/2
c
Sugar 2
9 oz jars maraschino cherrie
Directions:
In a 1-gallon glass or crockery jar with loose fitting lid, combine
suga peaches and yeast. Stir daily for 10 days. DO NOT REFRIGERATE.
On the 10th day, add pineapple with juice, sugar and fruit cocktail
with juice. Stir daily for 10 days. On the 20th day, add sugar and
cherries. Stir daily until the 30th day. On the 30th day, drain
juice from fruit. Reserve fruit to be used for cakes. Store fruit
and juice in glass jars i refrigerator until ready to use. Keeps
well.
In remaking starter, use 1 1/2 cups of drained juice in the first
step of the brandying process with 2 1/2 cups sugar and 20-oz can
peaches. Do not use yeast. The yeast is used only to start peaches
and sugar fermenting t first time. For making cakes with reserved
fruit see the following recipes Friendship Cake, Friendship Cake Mix
Style One, and Friendship Cake Mix St Two.
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