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Offline summerdayz

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failed fudge
« on: October 02, 2012, 12:27:08 pm »
Any one got any tips to use up soft toffee??  my fudge hasnt set  :-[
I was wondering if there a pudding or something I could use it in? ???  seems such waste - after making the condensed milk too!!

thanks in advance

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 12:32:42 pm »
What if you freeze it to make it harder, then bash it with a hammer to break it up and then mix it into ice cream ???? Not sure if that's a good idea or not ???

Which fudge recipe did you make ? I have had the same thing happen with fudge, so just wondering what other recipe to steer clear of LOL

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 01:01:58 pm »
umm... the one with condensed milk, golden syrup, butter and sugar.  Sounded basic with not much to go wrong!!

thanks for the idea - will try that

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 01:45:29 pm »
How long has it been made?  Sometimes they take a while to set.  I don't know the recipe with golden syrup. The one I've made from Devil of a Cookbook is sometimes sticky and wonky at first but nice texture the next day. 
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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2012, 01:57:14 pm »
summerdayz, was it a recipe from one of the books or a forum recipe.  Did you check to see if there were reviews of this recipe to see if anyone else had the same problem?
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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2012, 01:58:09 pm »
I've only ever done cookies and cream fudge from this forum and haven't had a problem with it setting - lucky!

Could you use it as a toffee sauce over a steamed pudding served with ice cream?

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2012, 02:19:10 pm »
i am actually note sure were the recipe came from - this is it

Fudge

500g sugar
400g condensed milk
100g butter
50g golden syrup

Place sugar in bowl - 20 seconds speed 10
Add remaining ingredients
30 sec speed 5
Cook for 20 mins  100 speed 3
Place steaming basket on to lid instead of cup
Cook 35 mins  veroma  speed 2
Cool a little
Mix 15 sec  speed 5
Pour out into tin
18cm square

can someone reccommend a better one?  it was for a gift  :-))

the cookies and cream one has great reviews, i just didnt have any liquid glucose!

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2012, 07:02:57 pm »


can someone reccommend a better one?  it was for a gift  :-))

the cookies and cream one has great reviews, i just didnt have any liquid glucose!
If you read through the Cookies and Cream fudge post johnro says you can make it without glucose here  ;) ;D
Scroll halfway down page 5.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2012, 07:32:36 pm by Cornish Cream »
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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2012, 05:40:59 am »
Thanks for the help ladies, i actually ended up turning it into salted caramel sauce, with the addition of about 300ml cream and about 1 tsp salt.
Very yummy.  will be great for serving with a dessert or just on bbq banana with choc in the middle, like we are having tonight!!! ;)
i have also done the cookies fudge - it is just cooling.  i added a tiny bit of golden syrup for the softer fudge effect as johnro says in her posts on that recipe - hopefully it will have a similar effect as the liquid glucose!
« Last Edit: October 06, 2012, 05:42:58 am by summerdayz »

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2012, 09:31:25 pm »
I made this recipe and it was on the soft side too.  Still firm enough in my case to use as a filling for chocolates :-)

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Re: failed fudge
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2012, 08:39:31 am »
Think if it didn't set had not reached high enough temperature.