Friendship Cake – Part 1 : A Rope of Sand
So it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here apparently. I’ve even had a request or two (ok, only two) to post again! See, people love my ramblings. I’ve been crazy ass busy with school and work lately, but they’re both going pretty well. Work is boring as usual, but what would you expect?
School is actually going really well, which surprised me. I’d never really given a damn about school when I was in it before, but it’s funny how well you can do when you put your mind to it. Instead of being happy I got over a 70 on something, I’m pissed off when I get less than a 90. Also, the subjects I thought I would love, like Marketing, I’m hating and the subjects I thought I would hate, like Math, I’m loving. Weird how the world works sometimes.
Anyhoo, on with the main show. Tonight I started making one of my holiday favourites, Friendship Cake! I’ve tried finding a recipe online that is the same as mine, but to no avail. And I don’t really want to give the secret away (AKA I’m too frelling lazy to type the whole recipe out) so I’ll have to put it up in parts. Maybe you’ll keep coming back to check up on the recipe as well, nes pas?
The theory behind friendship cake is that you let fruit ferment and soak in it’s own juices for thirty days, then drain it and bake the fruit into a cake. Then you give the leftover juices to your friends, so they can start their own cake. Hence, the friendship part. I have no idea how you’re supposed to start the whole chain, I assume just let the fruit soak in it’s own juices. But we’ve had a jar of friendship juice that’s older than I am (which is now a liqueur…) that we’ve always used.
So to start, take 1.5 cups of the friendship juice, 2.5 cups of sugar and a 28 oz. can of peaches (with juice) and throw them into a big glass jar. Stir it until the sugar is dissolved, and then seal it tight. Our jug doesn’t seal well enough, so we put some saran wrap underneath of the lid. It should look something like this.
Unforch, my mother decided to empty out the fantastic friendship juice bottle while I was running downstairs to grab the camera. I’m still planning out her penance. It’s not really a big deal, because as you can guess, I’ll have a lot of juice left over by the time I’m done.
Now stir it every morning and every night for ten days, then you add the next few ingredients. Trust me, this cake is fantastic. Every time I have some to share with people (which isn’t often, I am pretty fat), it’s always a huge hit. If you want to start your own, you’d better get started soon in time for the holidays!!
On another note, I should be posting a lot more now that the holidays are coming up and I’ll be baking and cooking all the time, so keep checking back. Or if you’re following me on Twitter, watch my feed for updates. Thanks for coming!
