Since I got my sourdough cake starter, I've been having fun experimenting with other uses for it. I can be adapted to all sorts of sweet recipes, and as we don't eat a lot of cake, that is a good thing! mixing up the dry ingredients, the butter and some starter When I first received the starter it came with all these instructions about how to feed it and look after it. This included feeding it every few days, not keeping it in the fridge, splitting it after a week and giving most of it away. Needless to say I ignored these, otherwise I would ave no starter left! Here's how to actually look after your starter: You can keep the starter in the fridge, in a glass jar - mine has been living there for several months. You just have to get it out every 2 weeks (or so), give it a good stir and tip out half (you can either give that half away, use it in baking or just tip it on the compost) Then top it up with a bit of flour, sugar and milk (or water),...