Friendship cakes and bread have one thing in common: A starter is required. A number of readers have asked for the recipe for both the starter and bread. The procedure sounds lengthy, and it is.

Chef Carla Hall had never heard of "friendship bread" before someone gave her a plastic zip-top bag full of a yeasty, mushy starter. As a young caterer just starting out, she got busy baking up a ...

The Friendship Cake 1 C. starter 2/3 C. oil 3 eggs 2 C. flour 1 C. sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 2 C. chopped fruit (apples, blueberries or any kind of fruit) 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. baking powder 1 1/2 tsp ...

Dear Lisa: I am looking for the recipe for the starter to a friendship cake. You start out with the starter and add peaches and sugar. Then after 10 days, you add pineapple and sugar; then after 10 ...

Begin with a Brandied Fruit Starter, feed and care for it for 30 days and then bake several Friendship Cakes (which your friends will be delighted to receive), and then begin the process once more.

You'd never toast it, top it with jam and eat it for breakfast. It's way too sweet for that. As for the "friendship" part, well, something interesting happened when a "friend" tried to hand off -- in ...

I have plenty of "starter" for Friendship Fruit Cakes if anyone is interested. Also, I have white and beige cotton seeds if anyone wants to put in a cotton field garden next spring. The cotton balls ...

Friendship bread is the chain letter of baking: A simple starter that you divvy up, keeping some for yourself and sharing the rest with others. It's an old tradition that connect neighbors through the ...