Herman 10-day Cake


The day you get the Herman starter, give it a feeding of: 1/3 c sugar, 1 c flour, 1 c milk.  Stir each day by hand.  Feed Herman again on the 5th day.  When ready to bake on the tenth day, measure out 2 c. batter.  Keep one cup of Herman starter batter for yourself and give the other cup of starter to a friend.

Herman Cake
Add and blend in the following ingredients to the remaining 2 cups of batter:
2 c flour
2t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 t soda
1 1/2 t cinnamon
1 c sugar
3/4 c milk
2/3 c oil
2 eggs beaten

Beat this together thoroughly

Place this batter in greased and floured cake pans.  Now make the topping and put it on the batter before you bake it all.

Topping
1 T flour
1 c brown sugar
1 t cinnamon
1/4 c butter

Mix until crumbly and sprinkle on top of the cake batter.  Now you can bake it at 350 for 30-40 minutes.  Check with a toothpick at 30 minutes.

Glaze
1/2 stick butter
1/2 c milk
1 c brown sugar
Boil this for 5 minutes.  Pour it over the cake as soon as you take it from the oven.