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AdventureGirl

Joined: 01 Nov 2005
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Location: Cheltenham

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 6:31 pm Post subject: Cinder toffee

Hi

I have tried twice now to make cinder toffee and have failed ... twice!

I bought some from our local farm shop today and was inspired to try again.

So, has anyone actually succeeded in making the stuff properly? If so could they post the recipe and foolproof instructions please.

(I have already trawled the web and found several recipes, but no one claiming to have actually made it successfully from them).

Thanks

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 6:44 pm Post subject:
Do you have a sugar thermometer? Sorry if this is a given - but as you need to get the mix to 138 degrees c it may help.

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:29 pm Post subject:

I make it at school when I'm doing rocks (it's supposed to represent pummice).

I put a bag of sugar in a pan with a splosh of water and heat over a bunsen (a medium/hot heat) until it's all melted. Then take it off the heat put in some Sodium bicarb and stir like crazy until it all goes pale and puffs up. Pour into aluminium trays and leave to cool. Sometimes it works well. I'm getting it right more consistently these days

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:44 pm Post subject:
Excuse my ignorance but is cinder toffee that honeycomb stuff - like in the middle of a Crunchie?

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:49 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Excuse my ignorance but is cinder toffee that honeycomb stuff - like in the middle of a Crunchie?

Yep, that's right.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:50 pm Post subject:
Ah - never did ike that much. It always get's stuck in my teeth

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:52 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Ah - never did ike that much. It always get's stuck in my teeth

It makes a good science lesson though.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:54 pm Post subject:
Do they get to eat it at the end I can't remember ever being able to eat my science experiments!

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:57 pm Post subject:
Next lesson, when it's cool. (But don't tell the H & S person shhh!)

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 07 2:22 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Ah - never did ike that much. It always get's stuck in my teeth

You should try it coated in chocolate inside a cheesecake. Yum!

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 07 2:34 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Penny wrote:

Ah - never did ike that much. It always get's stuck in my teeth

You should try it coated in chocolate inside a cheesecake. Yum!

No no - bad Womble, I'm on a diet

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 07 4:16 pm Post subject:
Are you? Silly girl. Come and move some of my boxes, that'll lose you a few pounds! Why did I buy all those books anyway?!?

sparky

Joined: 02 Nov 2005
Posts: 199

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 07 10:54 pm Post subject:
anyone got a good recipe for this as i think the kids would love it

ros

Joined: 19 Jul 2005
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Location: Beds

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 8:31 am Post subject:
The recipe I used to use came from a 1970s vintage Green Eggs and Ham cook book, have spent the last hr looking for it 'cos my kids would love it too but can't find the flippin thing. Think it was more complicated than Jamanda's science experiment recipe though......

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 12:12 pm Post subject:
I want some now.

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