I’m a wheelchair user in a care home. I was given Herman by a friend from Church. An entertaining thing to do! He’s turned out OK – would comment though that I had to put him in for much longer than stated, even in my fan oven, and even then he’s crunchy on [read more...]
by Doreen Essex I was recently presented with the active starter mix for a Herman the German Friendship Cake. I suffer gluten and dairy intolerances and had to consider this without demonstrating an unfriendly attitude and wondered what would be the outcome if I continued the process without adding gluten and dairy. On [read more...]
by Helen Gallery of Raindrops ‘n’ Roses I came into Herman ownership only recently, but it seems as though he has always been there, bubbling away on my worktop. My dad rang me to ask if I wanted him. He had been given a starter by a friend, and now it was time [read more...]
by Catherine Jennings of Bella and Will Have you ever wondered what it is that makes your Herman bubble and smell like it does? It is yeast. Each batch of Herman is started off with yeast then the natural yeasts found in the flour and in the air continue to keep your Herman [read more...]
Many people have written in or left comments asking asking whether Herman can be frozen. Some people want to freeze some of the final cake to be eaten later but many more of you have asked about freezing the divided portions at the end of 10 days. In the article How To Make [read more...]
Although Herman is sweeping the nation and becoming very popular (he even got a mention on The Chris Evans Show on Radio 2 this morning) there are many people who have not yet been given a starter recipe. It is not very difficult at all to make your very own Herman starter. The [read more...]