{"id":1117,"date":"2012-03-14T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2012-04-02T20:19:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T20:19:01","slug":"herman-the-friendly-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/2012\/03\/14\/herman-the-friendly-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Herman, the friendly cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Herman and I’m a sourdough cake. I need to be looked after and not put into the fridge or I will freeze to death. However, I make a very tasty cake, so I am well worth the effort and you can share me with your friends to spread the joy! I’m not as bonkers as I sound, these people<\/a> have also written about me<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Herman on day 1<\/p><\/div>\n

To look after me properly, you need to follow these simple instructions:<\/p>\n

Day 1 – you get a dollop of Herman, take my lid off, put me in a large bowl and leave me at room temperature, covered with a tea towel
\nDay 2 – stir me twice a day
\nDay 3 – Same as day 2
\nDay 4 – I am hungry! Feed me 200ml milk, 200g plain flour and 250g of sugar
\nDays 5, 6, 7 and 8 – Stir me twice a day
\nDay 9 – I am hungry! Feed me the same as day 4, then divide me into 5 equal amounts. Give some sons of Herman to your friends with a copy of how to look after me and keep the rest for tomorrow
\nDay 10 – It’s cake time!<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h2>\n

Makes one large cake or 12 big muffins<\/p>\n

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Ready to bake!<\/p><\/div>\n

Cake<\/b>
\n1 portion of Herman
\n150ml vegetable oil
\n3 eggs
\n250g sugar
\n350g self-raising flour
\n1 tsp salt<\/p>\n

and then any flavour combinations you like that add another 200g of solid to the mixture<\/p>\n

I added 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon and 200g of grated baking apple, but you could also use things like nuts, chopped chocolate, rum-soaked raisins, raspberry and white chocolate, maple syrup and pecan nuts, black cherries and dark chocolate, or make lots of muffins and use all of the above!<\/p>\n

Filling<\/b>
\n75g very soft, room temperature butter
\n200g icing sugar
\nquarter of a teaspoon of vanilla paste, or the flavouring of your choice<\/p>\n

Icing<\/b>
\n100g icing sugar
\n3 tablespoons water
\nHalf a teaspoon ground ginger<\/p>\n

Method<\/h2>\n

Stir everything all together in a large bowl and decant into your cake tin or muffin trays.<\/p>\n

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A very firm mixture<\/p><\/div>\n

This will make a very stiff mixture, but don’t worry about it not rising, it’s got both baking powder AND yeast in it, so it will comfortably double in volume when in the oven.<\/p>\n

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Baked to a golden finish<\/p><\/div>\n

Bake at 180C for 40 minutes for muffin sized cakes or 75 minutes for a big cake. Everybody’s oven is different so always check whether the centre is cooked through with a skewer.<\/p>\n

Leave it to cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool fully. <\/p>\n

I then sliced mine in half with a breadknife and filled with buttercream filling (beat the butter with an electric whisk and gradually add in the icing sugar until it’s combined, light and fluffy, then stir in your colouring and \/ or flavouring). <\/p>\n

The icing was a simple water icing with a hint of ginger, very very slowly add water to some icing sugar until it comes together into a pipable consistency, then squiggle over the top of the cake.<\/p>\n

Share, and enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Frosted and iced up<\/p><\/div>\n

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Or baked as a loaf<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Herman and I’m a sourdough cake. I need to be looked after and not put into the fridge or I will freeze to death. However, I make a very tasty cake, so I am well worth the effort and you can share me with your friends to spread the joy! I’m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}