GERMAN FRIENDSHIP BREAD —THE DOUGH AND CAKE / LOAF

The starter is now ready to use .... Now to make the German friendship bread dough . For today( DAY 1) add 200gm of soft brown sugar , 140 gm of breadflour and 230 ml of milk to the starter , stir well and cover with a damp tea towel and leave overnight . Day 2 , stir well and recover with a damp tea towel . DAYS 3 and 4 , Do nothing to the dough , just dampen the covering tea towel . DAY 5, Stir well and add the same quantitiies of sugar , flour and milk as for day 1 in the dough preparation .Stir well again and cover with a damp tea towel and leave overnight . DAY 6 Stir well and recover with a damp tea towel . DAYS 7, 8 and 9, Do nothing , just re-dampen the tea towel each day . DAY 10 , stir the dough well with a wooden spoon and divide the mixture into 4 portions . Give a portion each to 2 friends with instructions , keep 1 portion for your next batch and use the last portion to prepare the German friendship loaf / cake . To make this loaf / cake you will need 200gm of soft brown sugar , 85 gm of sultanas ,280 gm of plain flour ,110 ml of canola oil ,60 gms of chopped nuts ,1/2 tsp of salt ,1 dsp of ground cinnamon , 1 dsp of baking powder , 1 tsp vanilla extract ,2 eggs well beaten , 2 cooking apples , peeled , cored and cubed . TOPPING ...100gm of light muscovado sugar , 100gm of melted and cooled butter/ marg . To make this cake /loaf preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Grease 2 x loaf pans or 2 x large muffin pans or a large 22cm square cake pan . Place your portion of the starter mixture in a large non metallic bowl and add the sugar , sultanas , flour , vegetable oil , nuts , salt , cinnamon ,baking powder , vanilla extract, eggs and apples . Stir through thoroughly to combine . Pour the batter into the prepared pan/ muffins tins and level the surface . Sprinkle over the muscovado sugar and drizzle with the melted butter/ marg . Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean . Turn out and cool completely on a wire rack . REMEMBER , THE CUP OF DOUGH YOU HAVE RETAINED FOR YOUR NEXT FRIENDSHIP LOAF / CAKE IS NOW THE STARTER ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ADD 1 TSP OF SUGAR , STIR WELL KEEP COVERED IN A CONTAINER IN THE REFRIGERATOR UP TO 1 WEEK .TO MAKE A FRESH LOAF BEGIN AT DAY 1 FOR THE DOUGH .