Amish Friendship Bread/cake

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This bread is great for the simple feast or for the Grand Rite of Bringing Down the Moon.
  When preparing this for a Wedding or vow renewal, I would recommend passing some of the starter to the new couple.
4 c Flour
3 c Sugar
3 1/2 c Milk
1 c Oil
3 Eggs
1 t Vanilla
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 c Chopped pecans
1 Sm box Inst. Vanilla Pudding

Do not use metal spoon or bowl, and do not refrigerate the starter mix!

This is a fermented process. The batter will expand during fermenting. The use of metal utensils or bowls will spoil the fermenting process.

STARTER:
1c. flour, 1c. milk, 1c. sugar,

Mix well with wooden spoon. (If a friend has given you a jar of starter mix, you do not need to make the above starter mix. Just begin with "Day 1".)
Day 1: Do Nothing.
Day 2 through 5: Stir with wooden spoon.
Day 6: Add;
1c. flour, 1c. milk, 1c. sugar,

mix well with wooden spoon.
Day 7 through 8: Stir with wooden spoon.
Day 10: Add;
1c. flour, 1c. milk, 1c. sugar,

mix well and pour into 3 separate jars.

Give two jars of starter to friends with this recipe. Keep the third jar to bake the following:

In a large bowl, add;
1c. oil, 1/2 c. milk, 3 eggs, 1 ts vanilla,

and mix thoroughly.
In a separate bowl, mix;
2 c. flour, 1 c. sugar, 1 1/2 ts baking powder,
2 ts cinnamon, 1/2 ts salt, 1/2 ts baking soda,
1 c. chopped pecans, 1 small box Instant Vanilla Pudding and mix well.


Add dry indredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Grease 2 loaf pans and sprinkle with a Sugar/Cinnamon mix. Pour batter into loaf pans and sprinkle some extra Sugar/Cinnamon on top.
Bake in 325 degree oven for one hour. Cool and remove from pans. This is sinfully delicious.

Do not use a knife on this. This bread represents fellowship, and all the good things that come with that. Using a knife to cut this bread is paramount to using a knife to cut a friendship.

Yield: 2
Preparation Time 10 days, 1 hour