Herman Coffee Cake Starter

(or the 16 day friendship bread). On the 6th day feed with 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 cup milk Stir once a day for five more days. On the eleventh day, feed with 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 cup milk Stir once a day for five more days. On the sixteenth day, you have five cups of Herman. Use 2 cups for baking, keep 1 cup to restart and give 1 cup each to two friends. (Or make two large loaves and keep the one cup for yourself to restart.) To restart, I usually add 1 cup of each (sugar, flour and milk) to the starter and do the 16 day process all over again. When the process is over, you will have 6 cups of starter. If you do the 11 day process to the starter adding 1/2 cup of sugar each along with the rest of the process, then you may want to add the toppings to give it the sweet-sourdough taste that you want.