Christmas Cake Fudge
When reading one of the many food magazines that we have lying around our house I came across a recipe for fudge. Having read the recipe and seeing that you ‘only’ need boil sugar, butter and milk, I though this sounds easy I’ll give it a go. Having acquired a shiny new saucepan (our non-stick aluminium ones are rapidly passing their best) and a Heston Blumenthal Precision Digital Confectionary Thermometer.
All you need to do is heat all the ingredients until they reach 115 degrees or the ‘soft ball stage’, which means the mixture forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water (you can use this method if you don’t have a fancy thermometer).
Brimming with confidence I set about my first batch having soaked some raisins in rum and mixed fruit in brandy to flavour the fudge. Because at this point I thought milk ah semi skimmed will do, now this is fine the outcome was edible and tasted like fudge, however it took and age and it didn’t produce as much as I hoped.
Despite my slight overconfidence, I had actually made tasty fudge, I took it into the office and it rather rapidly disappeared, this could have been to do with the alcohol content. Attempt number two went much more to plan, this time I went straight for double cream and simple vanilla flavouring. The results were great and can be repeated for different flavours, I’ve created a Talisker whisky flavour as well as repeating my ‘Christmas cake’ flavour.
Fudge
This simple tasty fudge recipe, is a sure fire winner with anyone who has a sweet tooth.
Ingredients
- 100 g Netherend Dairy butter
- 300 g Double Cream
- 300 g caster Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large heavy based pan
- Add in the cream and then the sugar
- Bring to the boil and then boil until it reaches 115 degrees or the 'soft ball' stage this takes about 20-30 minutes
- Take off the heat and stir in the vanilla bean paste
- Beat the mixture carefullly and then pour into moulds and allow to cool
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
20Serving Size:
1 ~50 peicesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 145Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 36mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 15gProtein: 0g
Oooh I really didn’t realise it was that easy! Looks delicious, going to add this to my want to do list!
Yep, it is fairly easy although a bit scary the first time with the sugar boiling. I keep catching it on the bottom of the pan, but even that seems fine just mix it in well for some colour and caramel flavour.
Looks lovely. I am always scared of trying fudge as I don’t have a thermometer but you make it sound easy. Will definitely try
You don’t need a thermometer, you can do it by dropping blobs into cold water, although a thermometer makes it super easy.
These look amazing! I’ve never tried making fudge before as am dairy intolerant, but think it would make a lovely gift #recipeoftheweek
You might be able to make it dairy free, just need a milk & butter replacement with a high fat content, low fat really doesn’t work so well.
I’ve seen dairy-free fudge made with coconut cream before or peanut butter, so long as you’re ok with nuts 🙂
Your fudge looks delicious #recipeoftheweek
Oooh I have recently bought a sugar thermometer so I might try making again. My first attempt was not a success! Yours looks delicious!
Forgot to say linked in from #recipeoftheweek
This sounds amazing. I love fudge and will definitely be giving this a try! #recipeoftheweek
Looks perfect and you’ve given great, clear instructions. Thanks so much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve Pinned, Tweeted and Stumbled this post and there’s a fresh linky live now. Hope you join in 😀 x
I’ve seen a lot of fudge recipes and sadly most seem to use either corn syrup or sweetened condensed milk. I love that this recipes uses neither! It sounds wonderful and the texture looks fantastic…
It tastes amazing, so simple to make and all natural ingredients.
This looks really yummy, my girls love fudge so I will have to try this out on them #CookBlogShare
It really is proper yummy, and surprisingly easy to make, we put it in Christmas hampers last year seemed to go dow well enough 🙂
Mmm Christmas cake fudge sounds like a wonderful flavour. I’ve made toffees but I haven’t had a go at fudge yet, I really should as it’s so easy to make. #CookBlogShare
What a lovely idea for Christmas gifts – this would go down a storm with family and friends. Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare