by Chloe McKell I have been caring for my Herman starter for around three months now and the delicious cakes have become a weekly treat in our house. I have experimented with many of the recipes on the Herman website and loved almost all of them including some delicious Herman bread. I like [read more...]
by James Pollard Whilst i was outside cleaning the car my neighbour came over and we got chatting, she said she was baking a cake and wondered if I had a large cake tin she could borrow, after a further conversation it transpired she was making a herman cake, I found this quite [read more...]
I had never heard of Herman before, when I received my mix and although I love trying new recipes and baking, especially banana breads, my first thoughts were, oh heck! What do I do? Will it be easy? I was worried about killing him or the cat eating him (yes my cat does [read more...]
by Linda Gray Today I made a cherry and almond Herman cake; both flavours are my husband’s favourite . I used tin black cherries in stead of apple , I first soaked them in amaretto, I used glacé cherries in place of the sultanas. I also changed the vanilla essence to almond extract. I topped [read more...]
by Hazel I first met with ‘Herman’ in the 1980’s, when my children where young and good friend gave me the starter. (Oh yes, I know that ages me….) I was given instructions that had been typed on a type-writer (remember them?) and then copied on the very strange paper that we had [read more...]
by Helen My girls love their breakfast pancakes. They don’t take long to make and it all stemmed from doing finger foods when my eldest was a baby, pancakes were a quick and easy finger food and could pretty much include anything you like (her particular favourite was banana and banana yoghurt ones).I used [read more...]
by Maddie Hi, I’m Herman. I am a project in Mrs McIntosh’s P5\6 class, in Methlick Primary School, Scotland. All the children got their names put into a hat, and three lucky people would get their names pulled out! Maddie got her name drawn out of the hat and so she was the [read more...]
by Jennifer Kinsbury (aged eight) When my daddy brought Herman home from work I was not very happy. He was all sloppy and smelly. It did not look like a cake to me. I was disaponted. I got to love Herman because I had to look after him every day like a pet. [read more...]
by Chris Ramsbottom “I’m sorry dear I’ve only managed to get rid of one of the baby Hermans for you” said Hubby. So what do I do with the other baby Herman currently gurgling away in the fridge? I looked at the website and saw a recipe for sourdough bread. “Well I could [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...]
I first received my Herman from a friend (like noone possibly saw that one coming) and I had heard of it before but never had a go. My mother had been given one before and managed to kill it almost instantly so I took charge of this one and resolved to not make [read more...]
When my brother told me about Herman on the phone I didn’t quite understand what he was on about. The next day he brought me a sweet but smelly white fluid in a plastic bowl covered with some kitchen paper and a few pages to read with it. He also brought along a [read more...]
I received my Herman from a teacher at the school where I work. I took him up to the classroom that I work in and the children were very interested in him. I told them that he was going to become a cake eventually. They all had a look at the instructions for [read more...]
Herman has settled in very well in our kitchen and is bubbling away merrily. We have been playing German choral music to him to keep him happy. He seems to be very fond of the German folk song Untreue as arranged by Max Reger. News of his arrival has spread quickly through the [read more...]
By Toby Adams, of foodiefrolics We were given our Herman by some Canadian friends in a small jar simply labelled: ‘Herman’. After the confusion lifted, we worked our way through the 10 day schedule and developed an almost human relationship with the bubbling cake mix. After stirring and feeding him for almost two weeks [read more...]
by Diane Smith I was given Herman by my daughter last Saturday and the moment i got him home and put him into the bowl he developed a personality. I found myself looking at him and talking to him all the time. There were a couple of times when i thought i had killed [read more...]
by Nicola at Snowballs in Summer My adventure with Herman started one day outside the school gates when I saw one of the other mums passing on a strange bowl of gloop to someone and, curiosity piqued, I had to ask her what it was. She told me that it was a German friendship [read more...]
by Diane Batty I was given my Herman ‘baby’ at the end of February, duly nurtured him and with some trepidation made my first full tray bake – wow, I absolutely love it. It is no trouble at all, there’s no creaming or rubbing in, it doesn’t take long to cook, the daily [read more...]
By Jeni Entwistle, of The Messy Mama. Back before Christmas, somebody tempted me with a bowl of Herman. He came with instructions to feed him and nurture him, and the promise that in time he would reward me with a delicious cake! I had a newborn and a toddler to look after but [read more...]