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Granny White  
Starter for Friendship Fruitcake  
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/4 c canned sliced peaches with syrup  
/4 c canned pineapple chunks with syrup  
oz red maraschino cherries, drained, halved  
1/2 c granulated sugar  
package active dry yeast  
In a 1−gallon glass jar with wide mouth and lid, combine the peaches,  
pineapple, maraschino cherries, sugar and yeast (make sure the  
yeast is well mixed with syrup). Stir two times the first day.  
Stir once a day afterwards. Do not refrigerate this mixture. Keep  
loosely covered.  
Two weeks after starting the starter, add 1/2 cup peaches and 1/2  
cup pineapple with syrup.  
Wait several days, stirring daily, then drain 2 cups of mixed fruit  
and use to make cake as directed in the cake recipe. Reserve 1  
1
/2 cups starter juice and leave in glass gallon jar. Count this  
as Day One, and begin the process for renewing starter and making  
cake.  
DAY 1: To reserved 1 1/2 cups starter juice (or to starter juice  
given you by a friend), add 2 1/2 cups sugar and a 2−lb can of  
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