Fermented fruit starter (friendship cake)

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       Title: FERMENTED FRUIT STARTER (FRIENDSHIP CAKE)
  Categories: Cakes, Fruit
       Yield: 1 servings
  
      20 oz Sliced peaches, chopped
   7 1/2 c  Sugar, divided
       1    Package dry yeast
      20 oz Pineapple, crushed
      10 oz Maraschino cherries
      30 oz Fruit cocktail, cut
  
     Do not drain fruit. Combine peaches and 2-1/2 c sugar and yeast in a
   1-gallon glass or crockery jar with a loose fitting lid, stir to mix.
   Stir daily for 10 days.
     On the 10th day, add pineapple and 2-1/2 c sugar. Stir daily for
   another 10 days. Add cherries, fruit cocktail and remaining sugar and
   stir daily for 10 more days. Drain fruit, reserve juice for the next
   batch. Makes enough fruit for 4 cakes. To make more starter, use
   1-1/2 cups starter juice instead of yeast with peaches and sugar.
  
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