How do you make yeast cakes?

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I am looking for a recipe for making your own yeast and turning it into a compressed cake of yeast. Thank you

-- Connie Peterson (cpthegreat@earthlink.net), March 19, 2002

Answers

I do it by taking working yeast from my wine cultures and infecting a rice powder/ nutrient mix. After infection, I dehydrate the paste while yeast saturation is still heavy. It appears to work, but I still prefer keeping an active yeast starter going.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), March 19, 2002.

Making Yeast Cakes, http://www.geocities.com/junipercreekfarm/recipes/breads/yeast.htm all the recipes will vary some, and I would add a ½ cup of brown sugar or honey to this recipe.

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), March 19, 2002.

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