Amish Friendship Cake Bread

Photo: flickr user timsamoff

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour

2 cups sugar

2 cups milk

2/3 cup oil

1 cup sugar 2 c. plain flour

3 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup raisins or dates

3/4 cup coconut

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1/2 cup applesauce

Preparation

Stir your starter on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Day 5: Transfer starter into a larger container and add 1 cup plain flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk.

Day 10: Add as you did on Day 5; put 1 cup in 3 different containers. Give 2 away with this recipe and keep 1 for yourself to make another starter.

Add to the remaining batter the oil, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, eggs, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, soda, baking powder and any optional ingredients. Spray 2 loaf pans with PAM and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool 10 minutes in pans.