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/pans or 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.