The Cottage Smallholder

Hi all

I expect a lot of you will already know all about Herman but it was new to me until my husband brought me home a little tub of 'starter' from a colleague at work. It looked like fun so I had a go and on day 10 made my cake as per the instructions.

Two problems..........

First off I put Herman in a round cake tin and it took 1 hour 20 min before it set in middle so a shallower tin is probably the better option as insructions say 45 - 65 mins.

Second problem and most weird all of the outer edge tasted of salt :-/

I have cut off the offending bits and the remainder tastes fabulous but what have I done to achieve a salty crust to this lovely cake?

I did grease the tin as usual but this time I used my goats butter as that is what I had to hand but surely this couldn't be the cause - could it?

The recipe calls for 1/4 cup melted butter to be poured on top of mixture along with sugar to form the crust on top and that tasted fine so what happened to the sides.

It's got me puzzled and I wondered if anyone on here could help out please.

Here is the recipe for anyone who hasn't heard of Herman....

http://srroberts.hubpages.com/hub/German-Friendshi.....ake-Herman