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  1. 1 Pint Friendship Cake Starter

  2. 16 Ounces Lite peaches -- sliced

  3. 20 Ounces Pineapple tidbits

  4. 3 Maraschino cherries;

  5. 6 oz

  6. drained 7 1/2 Cups Sugar

  7. 2 Packages Golden Butter Cake Mixes

  8. 2 Packages Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix

  9. 8 Eggs

  10. 1 1/3 c Oil

  11. 2 c Raisins -- optional

  12. 2 c Walnuts -- optional

  13. 2 c Pecans -- optional

  14. 2 c Coconut -- optional

  15. 1. Pour starter into glass gallon jar. Add can of sliced peaches with the juice; cut each slice into 4 pieces. Add

  16. 2 1/2 cups sugar. Stir. Cover jar loosely and keep at room temperature. Stir every day for 10 days. All the sugar may not dissolve for several days. Don't cover airtight.

  17. 10. Add can of pineapple tidbits with juice and 2 1/2 cups sugar. Stir. Continue as before, stirring every day for 10 more days. Your starter has changed color and your fruit will foam when stirred.

  18. 20. Add

  19. 3 6-oz jars of maraschino cherries, drained. Cut each cherry in half. Add

  20. 2 1/2 cups sugar. Stir. Continue stirring daily for 10 days. These are the last ten days. The cherries will give the juice its pinkish color back.

  21. 31. You will now bake your cakes. Preheat oven to

  22. 3 pint jars. Into a large bowl put

  23. 1 box cake mix,

  24. 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix,

  25. 4 eggs,

  26. 2/3 cup oil and 1/2 the drained fruit. Mix with a spoon only until well mixed. Then stir in

  27. 1 cup each of raisins, walnuts, pecans and coconut. Pour into prepared pans. Bake until straw inserted in center comes out clean. Makes

  28. 2 tube pans or 12 one pound loaves or 4 loaves,

  29. 9 1/2x5 1/2x3-inch. Bake one tube pan at a time for approximately

  30. 60-90 minutes. Bake large loaves for 60-90 minutes or until a straw inserted in center comes out clean.

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  1. Comments. MUST put in a gallon GLASS jar. Use fruit in juices NOT syrup. The three pint jars of juice are the starters, one for you and two for your friends. Never refrigerate the starter!

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