30 Day Friendship Cake

This takes 30 days to prepare the fruit for the cake but it is worth it. It's delicious.
If you have the starter beging with step 1.
If you don't have the starter, see below the recipe to start with it.
It will actually take 50 days total if you need to make the starter.

Prep Time: approx. 1 hour.
Cook Time: approx. 1 hour.
Ready in: approx. 722 hours
Makes 2 - 9x13 inch cakes (48 servings)

Ingredients:

2 cups Friendship Fruit Starter Juice
1 (15 oz) can sliced peaches with juice
2 1/2 cups white sugar

1 (15 oz) can pineapple chunks with juice
1/2 cup white sugar

2 (10 oz) jars marschino cherries
2 1/2 cups white sugar

2 (18.25 oz) packages yellow cake mix
2 (3.4 oz.) packagess instant vanilla pudding mix
1 1/3 cups vegatable oil
8 eggs
2 cups golden rasins
2 cups chopped walnuts
2 cups flaked coconut

Directions: 1. Day One: In a large glass jar, combine 2 cups of the starter with 1 can of the sliced peaches and thier juice (each slice chopped into 4 pieces). Add 2 1/2 cups of the white sugar and stir once every day for 10 days. When not stirring mixture, keep it covered with a paper towel, foil, or a saucer. Let sit at room temperature. Don't refrigerate it or cover it airtight. A pan of water underneath the jar or boil will keep the ants out.

2. Day Ten: Add 1 can of chunk pineapple and it's juice. Cut each chunk of pineapple in half. Stir in 1/2 cup of white sugar. Stir once every day for 10 days. The color should change and the mixture should foam when stirred.

3. Day Twenty: Slice each cherry in half, and stir in. Add 2 1/2 cups of the white sugar. Stir once every day for the final 10 days. The cherries will give the juice it's pinkish color.

4. Day Thirty: Drian fruit and and reserve it and the liquid. The fruit will be used in the cake. Pour the liquid into 3 glaas or cermaic pint jars. One for you start your next cake and two for friends. Cake must be started within 3 days after reciving the starter, or you should freeze the starter to use at a later date. Do not use plastic or metal containers to store liquid!

5. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F Grease and flour two 13x9 inch baking pans. 6. It's best to mix the two cakes seperately. Combine 1 box of the cake mix, 1 box of the instant vanilla pudding, 2/3 cup of the vegatable oil, and 4 of the eggs. Stir, then add 1/2 of the drained reserved fruit from the starter. Stir, then add 1 cup of the golden rasins, 1 cup of the chopped nuts and 1 cup of the coconut. Stir until all ingredients are combined. The batter will be stiff. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan. Repeat for cake number two. 7. Bake cakes at 325 degrees F for 55 to 65 minutes.

Friendship Fruit Starter Juice

1 (15 oz.) can pineapple chunks (drained)
1 (15 oz) can sliced peaches (drained & cut up)
1 (10 oz) jar maraschino cherries (cut in half)
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 pkg dry yeast

Directions:

In a large glass jar, combine drained pineapple chunks, drained sliced peaches, drained cherries, sugar and yeast. Stir gently with wooden spoon. Cover loosely, and let stand at room tempurture for 3 weeks, stir at least every other day. Drain and reserve the liquid. This liquid is your starter for the Thirty Day Friendship Cake.

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