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1 pt. starter 1 (16 oz.) car sliced peaches 1 (20 oz.) can pineapple tidbits 3 (6 oz.) jars maraschino cherries 7 1/2 c. sugar 2 boxes Duncan Hines butter golden cake mix 2 small boxes instant vanilla pudding mix 8 eggs 1 1/3 c. cooking oil 2 c. raisins (optional) 2 c. walnuts (optional) 2 c. pecans (optional) 2 c. coconut (optional) Day One: Pour starter into glass gallon jar. Add sliced peaches and juice (cut each slice into four pieces). Add 2 1/2 cups sugar. Stir. Cover jar loosely and keep at room temperature. Stir every day for ten days. All the sugar may not dissolve for several days. Don't cover airtight. Day 10: Add pineapple tidbits and juice. Add 2 1/2 cups sugar. Stir. Continue as before, stirring every day for ten more days. Your starter has changed color and your fruit will form when stirred. Day 20: Add cherries, drained. Cut each cherry in half. Add 2 1/2 cups sugar. Stir. Continue stirring daily for ten days. These are the last ten days. The cherries will give the juice its pinkish color back. Day 31: Time to bake two cakes. Preheat oven to 325. degrees Grease and flour two tube or Bundt pans. Pour one box of cake mix, one box of pudding mix, 4 eggs, 2/3 c. oil and half of the drained fruit into a large bowl. Stir with a spoon only until well mixed. Then stir in one cup each of raisins, walnuts, pecans and coconut. Pour into one of the pans and bake 60 to 90 minutes, until a straw inserted comes out clean. Repeat for second cake. Better to bake one at a time. When you drain the fruit, put the juice into three one-pint jars for starters; one for you and two for your friends. Never refrigerate the starter. Day one must start within three or four days after the fruit has been drained. Cakes may be frozen. This recipe is from an actual cookbook printed by Fundcraft Publishing! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: Cookbooks.com! Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |