BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes

Subject: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Helen
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 04:10 PM

Just another recipe thread, ho hum! :-)

If you have any triffic sweets/lollies/toffees/caramel fudge etc recipes, I guess this is the place for them. I'll find and post a recipe I have for Peanut Butter Honeys, which is a very easy to make, fudge-like thing made of.....you guessed it, peanut butter and honey, plus rice bubbles. Yum!

But, with reference to the thread title:

I found a recipe in some pages I took from an Oz magazine back in 1980 for Kendal Mint Cake. I haven't made it myself, but it looks easy. This recipe which I found on the 'net is very similar except that instead of using a candy thermometer it gives the old fashioned instructions to "2. Bring to the boiling point until a little will form a soft ball when dropped into cold water".

HELEN'S* BRITISH COOKING SITE

[* no connection to me]

Kendal Mint Cake Kendal Mint Cake
http://www.hwatson.force9.co.uk/cookbook/recipes/confect/kendalmintcake.htm

According to legend, a Kendal confectioner, intending to make glacier mints, took his eye off the cooking pan for a minute and then, resuming his task, noticed that the mixture had started to 'grain' and become cloudy, instead of clear. When poured out, the result was Mint Cake.

Makes 16 squares

Granulated sugar - 450g (1 lb)
Milk - 150 ml (5 fl oz)
Peppermint essence - 1 tsp

METHOD

   1. Butter an 18 cm (7 inch) square shallow baking tin. Place the sugar and milk in a saucepan. Bring very, very slowly to the boil over a very low heat, shaking and swirling the pan occasionally until the sugar is dissolved.
   2. Place a thermometer in the pan and boil rapidly until the mixture reaches 140 ºC / 275 ºF. Remove from the heat and add the essence, beating well until smooth and cooled slightly.
   3. Pour into the prepared tin and as it cools, mark out squares with a knife. Once cold cut into 16 squares.

I also posted this in the "My pressie has arrived" thread because the main discussion about Kendal Mint Cake seems to have been in the Secret Santa threads.

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: JennyO
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 01:53 AM

Yes, I got some from my SS Col K. Yum!

When I run out (I haven't yet because I am rationing myself), I will have to try out this recipe, Helen.

Thanks, Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Helen
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 06:38 PM

Jenny,

Is it anything like those Extra Stong Mints we get here in Oz? Big mint lollies which are not like boiled sweets, but like a chunkier, less compacted version of mint Lifesavers?

I think I'll just have to make the recipe and find out, eh?

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 08:57 PM

Or

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 05:21 AM

Try Romney's for more information.

Food of the gods! Especialy when out fell walking:-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 06:24 AM

I love the kind of fudge that's slightly granulated and coarse, rather than creamy and sticky - you know, the kind that people bring to garden sales. But I've never found a recipe.

Bewley's in Dublin used to sell this, but now have the standard creamy kind. My supply is cut off, unless I go to Cavan to the Shackletons' garden, where I assume it's sold - they certainly used to sell it in their Lucan garden.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 06:27 AM

By the way, that British site has annexed Irish coffee, but the recipe is wrong; it says to stir the sugar and whiskey into the coffee.

NO!!!

The whole point is that the textures, temperatures and flavours of the ingredients stay separate, so you have a layer of whiskey with a little sugar, then a layer of strong black coffee, then a layer of lightly-whipped cream poured over the back of a spoon so it sits on top. The constituents should only mix in your mouth, not in the glass.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 06:44 AM

The grainy fudge sounds like scottish Tablet, it is very crumbly and gritty and VERY sweet. some newsagents sell it. Here in Scotland you can get it anywhere!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 04:00 PM

Hello Helen thank you for the Kendal Mint Cake recipe Dan the Man

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 04:09 PM

I love Kendall Mint Cake but why does it have to be so big? I break mine into tiny pieces and when in need take a piece. Two bars lasted over a year. It is too sweet to eat a whole lot at one time.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 04:17 PM

I thought this was gonna be about Chevrolets 'er Taylor geetars... Sorry...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 04:19 PM

Thank you for the mint cake. It is Worf's favorite.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Tig
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 05:49 PM

Jenny, when you finish your mint cake let me know and I'll post you some more. Was it brown or white you like? I don't think the one covered in chocolate would travel well.

If I remember correctly use granulated sugar and keep stirring for grainy fudge - not castor.

Hugs
Tig

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Les from Hull
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 06:12 PM

The brown 'un is much the best. It is very similar to 'tablet' but mintier. Of course you could make it to the same recipe but any flavour you wanted.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: Paul Burke
Date: 12 Aug 08 - 03:19 AM

Some hints:

Use Kendal mint cake instead of tofu in Japanese recipes. Dipped in raw egg, it's utterly disgusting!

Kendal mint cake can be used as a substitute for firelighters but only if you're warm enough, as it's only marginally flammable.

Before a long hike, cut Kendal mint cake insoles for your boots. Afterwards, get your partner gives your poor blistered feet a toe job, and watch their reaction!

Sew slabs of Kendal mint cake inside your coat before going on holiday, and laugh at the reaction of airport security staff from your prison hospital bed!

Keep some handy in the office- it makes a useful emergency mouse mat.

Did you know that the annual production of Kendal mint cake, laid end-to-end, would stretch all the way to Scalthwaiterigg?

Subject: RE: BS: Kendal Mint Cake etc recipes
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Aug 08 - 04:23 AM

It's Kendal, Mary.
You spend too much time around a certain person.
Maybe you mean Kendall Fruit Cake?

J