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    I wanted to make this for my husband for his birthday, it is his fav. but I want to eat it as well! I couldn't find a recipe so had a go in the kitchen last night. Great result so if anyone is interested this is what I did.
    Equal quantities of milk (half soya milk, half soya cream) and sugar (soft brown sugar and white sugar), I used half cups, a teaspoon syrup and a chunk of vegan margarine - about 50g? Melted it all then brought it up to the boil and simmered for about 5 - 7 minutes stirring most of the time until it went sort of thicker and formed a soft ball when dropped in water. Then I beat in a few drops vanilla essence. It cooled down to a lovely soft fudge which though not quite the caramel I had hoped for is absolutely delicious and will work fine. In fact it is good as fudge - Christmas pressie idea?

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    I'm experimenting with this at the moment too.

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    i tried a recipe from the vegan family house site but it used cinnamon in the toffee filling which was sooooo wrong.

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    Let us know when you've perfected it, Chezza.

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    Okay

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    Well...here's today's efforts. (Photographed just now by Mr F.) Unfortunately I have no idea how I got the middle part right as I panicked when the caramel looked like it was going to set too hard and just sloshed in a load of soya milk! I'll have to measure carefully next time! The shortbread bit is coming along nicely, but I've been using cornflour for extra 'shortness' and I think I might try the more authentic semolina and see what that's like.

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    *Volunteers to be a taste tester*

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    Ohhh Cherry - that looks divine

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    After MANY failed attempts at trying to recreate the perfect caramel layer, I think I've cracked it! I think it's easier to do a large stainless steel pan so the sugar melts evenly and bits of it don't overcook. I used 300g of sugar, 50g of pure margarine and 3 tablespoons of soyatoo whippable cream.

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    wow, well done cherry! i used to love millionaire's shortbread
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    I've never had it

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    Apparently it's not millionaire's shortbread these days unless it's got 5.6 times the calorific ingredients of previous versions.
    I read that. I think.
    ..but what would they do with all the cows?..

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    After MANY failed attempts at trying to recreate the perfect caramel layer, I think I've cracked it! I think it's easier to do a large stainless steel pan so the sugar melts evenly and bits of it don't overcook. I used 300g of sugar, 50g of pure margarine and 3 tablespoons of soyatoo whippable cream.
    I was thinking about this yesterday as it happens, should have just come over

    I'm sure that I've tried heating soyatoo before with disasterous results. It separated out and went yucky.

    Glad to know it's working thou, will definitely give it a try. Which type of pure did you use?
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    goodness that piccy looks amazing

    *drools*

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    Y'know, I bet this would go a long way to convincing my mum she could be vegan. I would love to see a recipe! (you're going to need testers for your recipes anyway, right? )
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    The millionaire's shortbread idea sounds lush! this vegan has a seriously sweet tooth, and is always looking for "naughty vegan" recipes that are easy to make, coz I'm a crap cook lol! So if anyone's got any more, let me know! Much love
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    Oh my, Cherry...*droooooooool* That is something I hadn't realised I missed. An' now I really crave some! That's next on my baking experiment list! Nom nom nom

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    I ate it all. Oops. That was probably my sugar allowance for the next 3 months.

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    Which type of pure did you use?
    Yellow. Or was it green? It definitely wasn't blue.

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    I'm sure that I've tried heating soyatoo before with disasterous results. It separated out and went yucky.
    i've had similar problems trying to make the ganache icing in VWAV. wasted sooooo much chocolate, i gave up in the end.

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    Cherry, please could I/we have the full recipe for this? It looks divine

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    Recipe almost pefected! Just need one more trial I think.

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    Chesney, the one you brought down at the weekend was just superduper. You and your cooking skills rock.

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    Aw. Thanks. The next one will be better though.

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    Quote Stu View Post
    Chesney, the one you brought down at the weekend was just superduper. You and your cooking skills rock.
    why was i not informed?!!!
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    why was i not informed?!!!
    My sentiments exactly!

    P.S. I need recipe if gonna be denied ready-made ones!

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    Yay! Thank you!

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    FANTASTIC!

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    *drools*

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    well done Cherry
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    Wait a minute Cherry, you live near Penrith...?

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    Thanks Gorilla

    Yeh, just a small flaw in that plan, MarkAnthony, which is that when I say 'very far South of Penrith' I mean even further South than you are I used to live about 8 miles west, now I live about 200 miles South I visit often though. Hey, we could organise a Vegan Forum fell walking expedition sometime! I'll bring the shortbread.

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    Thanks Cherry, I'll have to make that it looks delicious!

    (Do you have any good recipes for vegan 'cheese' cake?
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    Just the chocolate one that's on my website, but there's a cheesecake thread on here.

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    i have to try this!!! i think i'll do it today! it looks awesome!
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    Cherry! by whipping cream do you mean the soya cream in the carton? Is that whipping cream? The only other stuff I know is the squirty cream in the can.

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    Pearl: I think she means her best friend - the soyatoo cream in a carton

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    well, i tried it, and it's awesome...the only thing bothering me a bit is the consistency of the caramel. i think i might need to add more cream/marge to it next time, as it turned out extremely sticky, ahrd and chewy, basically like toffee. i tried testing with the cup of water, but i'm note sure i perfectly understood how the test works.
    anyway, Cherry, could you confirm that to make the caramel less toffee-likem, one would need to add more cream/marge to the sugar?
    also, could it have something to do with the fact that i put it in the fridge to make the choc set faster?
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    actually, i think i may have misunderstood the amount of cream needed: is 3 tbsp the same as 130ml of cream?
    i just used 3 spoons...
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    Google says a tablesppon is 17.7ml but I think more commonly it's 15ml. so 130ml would be about 8 tablespoons
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    Pearl: I think she means her best friend - the soyatoo cream in a carton
    Ok. Thank you

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    Google says a tablesppon is 17.7ml but I think more commonly it's 15ml. so 130ml would be about 8 tablespoons
    thanks, i rather thought 130ml wasn't the same as 3 tbsps, i guess i could'be checked.

    anyway, i'm not sure how to interpret this part of the recipe:

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    About 3 tbsp soya whipping cream (Almost half a carton - about 130ml)
    is one carton=130ml?
    or is half a carton=130ml?
    in either case, neither 130ml nor 65ml is the same as 3 tbsp...
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    I reckon cherry just got it wrong when typing up. she probably means the latter - half of a 250ml carton, or approx 130ml.

    ETA: don't take my word for it though, folks! Wait for cherry to confirm.

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    Sorry - was away. Urm, my tablespoons are obviously just extremely generous ones! I mean aprox half carton. Thanks Bry, you understand my bumblings

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    I've been using your site for 3 years now, so if I'm not used to talkings of a mentalist, I never will be!

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    Ok, thank you all, I had figuredout by now thaat I put in too little cream. Fact is, I don't get soyatoo over here, so I had no idea how much a caarton of it contains.
    anyway, i'm gonna make it again this weekend.
    By the way, the toffee-like texture didn't stop it all from being eaten within 2 days (most of it by me )
    So to prove my point, i'll just post some evidence:

    pity i don't have a decent camera
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    I've been using your site for 3 years now, so if I'm not used to talkings of a mentalist, I never will be!


    Looks good Piggy Yeh, I realise not everyone can get soya cream and I REALLY did try to do it with just soya milk but it went weird. Repeatedly. I shall try to make the instructions easier to follow.

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    this is going to be my project when i get back to the UK and my kitchen full of lovely kitchen things

    and umemployment, so lots of time on my hands. doh!

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    I thought soyatoo only came in a squirty can not a carton! I'll see what I can find tomorrow.
    Thanks Cherry, have been looking forward to this recipe

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