DAY 10 OF THE FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER./ FRIENDSHIP BREAD /CAKE (1).

MIXING AND DIVIDING THE STARTER ON DAY 10. Pour the entire contents of the starter bag into a non metallic bowl. Add 1 and 1/2 cups of bread flour, 1 and 1/2 cups of castor sugar, 1 and 1/2 cups of milk. Mix with a wooden spoon. Measure out 4 cups of starter batter( 1 cup each) and place in large ziplock backs. Keep a bag of starter for yourself and share the other bags with your friends. I am setting aside one to begin another 10 day starter. The other 4, I will be baking a traditional friendship bread . My first bread ......( traditional ). Ingredients....3 lightly beaten eggs, 1 cup of vegetable oil, 1 cup of castor sugar, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 dsp of ground cinnamon, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 1 and 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1/2 tsp of baking soda, 1/2 tsp of salt, 2 cups of plain flour, 150 ozs of dry instant pudding mix. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Liberally spray two loaf pans and lightly sprinkle with fine polenta. In a small bowl mix together 1/4 cup of castor sugar and 1 tsp of ground ciinamon. Place all ingredients in the bowl of your mixer and mix until smooth , it will not take long. Divide the mixture between the 2 prepared loaf pans. Sprinkle the top of each loaf with the cinnamon , sugar mix. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack and then remove bread ( friendship cake )from pans.