Friendship Cakes are so delicious! The 10-day-investment in making the starter dough is worth the time, because the cake is one of a kind.

You can print the recipe for the starter dough which includes a daily checklist for the dough starter steps. It prints on two sheets of 8.5×11 paper unless you can print 2-sided.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT PDF

Print several and keep them in a plastic sheet protector in your 3-ring recipe notebook. You started a recipe notebook, right? If not, put it on your organizing challenge list.

Ignore the fork in the photo! It was used for something else and I forgot to take it off the dish towel. No metal to be used in any of the steps in this starter dough. I actually used the 1/4 teaspoon to stir the yeast in the warm water and a plastic spatula to blend all the mixtures together in that tall glass container at the back of this photo.

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Friendship Cake using dough starter

friendship cake also called Amish bread is versatile.

Print Recipe

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Equipment

1 Bundt pan or
1 9x13 pan

Ingredients

1 cup dough starter
1 cup oil or applesauce
1/2 cup milk
3 whole eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsps cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 5 1/8 ounce box instant vanilla pudding
1 cup chopped nuts
1 Tbsp cinnamon combined with 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions

Mix oil, eggs, and vanilla with the starter mix.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, vanilla pudding mix, and nuts.
Add to liquid mixture and stir thoroughly.
Pour into two large well-greased 9x5 inch loaf pans, or one Bundt pan, that have been sprinkled with a mixture of cinnamon, sugar, and flour.
Sprinkle more cinnamon and sugar on the tops of the unbaked loaves (or cake). Bake at 325F for one hour or until done.

Notes

Have fun making the dough starter, sharing it, and then making the Friendship Cake.

Read my earlier blog post about making chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips using a cake mix!

#CakeMix #Cookies #peanutbutterwithchocolate

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