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Beginner January 2007

Can anyone make Cinder Toffee?

Jacksmum, 18 August, 2008 at 18:26 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 3

Well I've had two attempts to make some Cinder Toffee for hubby! First lot - the sugar mixture stayed white and didn't froth or set. Don't think I boiled it for long enough - used recipe with sugar, water, vinegar and bicarb.

Second recipe - sugar and syrup - went swimmingly until all of a sudden the caramel colour went dark brown and burned. Have now ruined two dishes as the burnt toffee is rock hard and stuck - also tastes bitter and horrible. Did I just boil it for too long?

Any tips/recipes that won't go wrong?!

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Latest activity by carolinabena, 18 August, 2008 at 18:55
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    *ginni of the lamp* ·
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    Use Nigella's recipe for Hokey Pokey - it's never failed for me - just sugar and syrup, you stir it together before heating, then let it melt and leave it until it's golden brown and bubbling, take off the heat and whisk in the bicarb, then pour onto a sheet of baking parchment and refrigerate to set. It's fab.

    The burnt toffee will come off the pan if you leave it to soak.

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  • MD
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    Ive used this before and was good:-

    http://goodfood.uktv.co.uk/recipe/cinder-toffee

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    I think it was Nigella's recipe that I used second time around but must have boiled it for too long. It started off looking like a nice pale caramel colour then went brown/black and smelled horrible!

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    Keep watching it and possibly turn the heat down? it goes from caramel colour to burnt in a nano second

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