Instructions for the 30 day fruit compote:
1st day- Put in the jar 2 cups of sugar, 1 cups of starter and 1 29oz. Can of peaches. Stir daily. Keep
lid loose.
On the 10th day- Add 2 cups of sugar and 20oz. Of pineapple. Continue to stir daily.
On the 20th day- Add cherries, both jars, and continue to stir daily.
On the 30th day- Strain off juice and save.
There is enough fruit for 3 cakes. Use the Basic Cake With 30 Day Fruit Compote. And juice becomes starter
for 4 more fruit compote.The tradition is to give a cake and a starter to a friend with the recipes.
~ Note ~
If you don't have a starter you can make it work, by adding a 1 tsp. Of dry yeast to day 1 ingredients.
Also use 1 cup of pineapple tidbits with an extra cup sugar.This recipe is never refrigerated. It should
be stirred daily and kept in a warm spot. It needs to stay at room temp. Summer time is good. Never put
lid on tight or it could explode.
The Basic Cake with 30 Day Fruit Compote:
Mix, all ingredients together in the order they are given. Bake in greased and floured tube or bundt pan
at 350 degree oven for 40 to 60 minutes. You can also be creative by adding all kinds of things to your
cakes. Try using different cakes mixes instead of Lemon and Vanilla. Why not a chocolate fruit cake.If
you don't have a starter you can make it work, by adding a 1 tsp. Of dry yeast, 1 cup of pineapple tidbits
with and extra cup sugar to day 1 ingredients on fruit compote. Tradition is to give a cake and the recipes
to a friend. You can add banana, coconut, and raisins if desired.
I have to tell you my personal experiences on how I gave the starter to my friends. I found that from
personal experience, if you just put some starter in a jar, and said here try this, it is not going to
happen. Your friends, even though they really like it, are not going to want to go through the trouble
of doing this for 30 days. What I did, was I baked the cake in the mini loaf pans so there was more to
go around, and either decorated a nice bag, or wrapped them in the colored plastic. So, they had a taste
of the finished product, and a starter of their own to get them going. Then they had the whole month to
think about it. Plus it was a nice just because we are friends.
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