Recipe - Fermented Fruit Starter (Friendship Cake)

20 ounce Sliced peaches, chopped
7 One half cup Sugar, divided
1 Package dry yeast
20 ounce Pineapple, crushed
10 ounce Maraschino cherries
30 ounce Fruit cocktail, cut

Do not drain fruit. Combine peaches and 2One half cup sugar and yeast in a
1gallon glass or crockery jar with a loose fitting lid, stir to mix. Stir
daily for 10 days.
On the 10th day, add pineapple and 2One half cup sugar. Stir daily for another
10 days. Add cherries, fruit cocktail and remaining sugar and stir daily
for 10 more days. Drain fruit, reserve juice for the next batch. Makes
enough fruit for 4 cakes. To make more starter, use 1One half cups starter
juice instead of yeast with peaches and sugar.

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