This week at work we were preparing for our first ever Bake Off. Although, technically, we didn’t need to bake just had to make something ourselves rather than buying something from the local bakery. We had about 5 teams and each team needed to bring in at least one savoury and one sweet dish to be judged.
I decided to make something I’ve never tried making before (which is an excellent idea when 50 people have a chance of eating it and it’s a competition.. or maybe not) which was a Choc-Caramel Fudge slice. I’ve never made fudge before and I’m generally quite scared of cooking high sugar content foods because it usually ends up a burnt mess. Fortunately, they turned out well! Fudgey and slice like and delicious.
On the day I wasn’t sure how many people had brought in food and was concerned about how much there would be to go around. I didn’t need to worry as there was soo much food that it nearly didn’t all fit on the tables provided, I really cannot remember the last time I’ve seen this amount of assorted foods, it was kind of crazy.
One of the women in my team made a Pesto Plait, I’ve never heard of one before but she presented it wonderfully and it was so good! I voted for it as my favourite savoury food of the day. Thinking back though, as she was in my team, I probably shouldn’t have been allowed to do that.. oh well!
Initially I wasn’t too keen on the whole Bake Off thing, I’m not much for baking but as one of the team leaders I thought that I should at least show that I was participating and get my team into the spirit. It was actually quite fun though and it was interesting to see what everyone brought in and basically fill myself full of delicious foods. The fun didn’t end there though as we were allowed to take home some of it! I got pretty excited at this point and people were handing me all sorts of goodies so I wasn’t going to say no! It just means we get to have a second sweet food filled delicious day!
I ended up with four(!) cupcakes, these were amazing! I’m not even sure who made them but they tasted SO GOOD! 2 slices of cheesecake slice, which also, amazing! – My favourite sweet option of the day, a Greek custard tart.. thing (It has a name but I forget it) and lastly, the Heaviest Mudcake, I didn’t try any of this yesterday because apparently it was impossible to slice but when my team mate started slicing it up I was first in line.. she then gave me a massive slab so we will devour that later.
It was a fun afternoon (at work, so that’s a plus) and something that people really got interested in.
Now, onto my slice! I found this on YouTube and thought a video would be an easy way to make something. It turned about a bit more difficult than just reading instructions on a website or in a cookbook because the video goes so fast. As I mentioned, I was a bit scared of killing my fudge and the speed of the video didn’t help. As it’s a decent recipe I thought I’d get it written down for everyone to try and not be rushed ahead at each step.
- 200gm Butter
- 100gm Chocolate Biscuits (I used Chocolate Ripples)
- 100gm Shortbread Biscuits (I used Scotch Finger)
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 395gm tin of Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate buttons/melts
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate for drizzling
- 1. Bash 200gm of biscuits into fine crumbs, you can use a food processor if you like or just put them into a sealed plastic bag and smash with a rolling pin
- 2. Melt 80gm of butter in the microwave (add more if the mixture is a bit dry)
- 3. Add biscuit crumbs into a bowl and cover with the melted butter
- 4. Mix together until combined
- 5. Pour out into a greased and lined square cake tin
- 6. Put into the fridge to set
- 1. Chop 120gm butter into cubes
- 2. Pour Sweetened Condensed Milk into a saucepan
- 3. Add brown sugar and butter
- 4. Put saucepan on stovetop at medium heat
- 5. Mix together until combined and butter is melted
- 6. Keep stirring until the mixture comes to the boil
- 7. Once boiling, stir continuously for 4 – 5 minutes until mixture thickens
- 8. Take off the heat and add chocolate buttons/melts
- 9. Stir until melted and combined into caramel mixture
- 10. Pour onto prepared base and let set in the fridge
- 1. Melt chocolate in the microwave in 30 second bursts, making sure not to burn it
- 2. Drizzle over the fudge mixture
- 3. Place back into the fridge to set
- It’s easiest to use a long knife for this, I used a bread knife and that worked well, depending on how long you let it set for you may need to dip it into hot water first.
- Any biscuit base should be fine, the combination of light and dark biscuits though is delicious.
16 responses to “Recipe: Choc-Caramel Fudge Slice”
That looks amazing! I’ve never been to a bake off before. Get this, I love baking! One time at my apartment, I was craving Peanut Butter Cookies. The store was already closed, so I ended up making some cookies of my own. I didn’t have any of the ingredients that was needed except pancake mix and peanut butter and eggs lol. That was it. They tasted like Peanut Butter Pancakes. The funny thing was, a neighbor of mine tried them and said it tasted like Peanut Butter pancakes ahah ! Of course, I burnt my arm a bit. Thanks to the oven -_-. Ah well, but those food pictures look tasty! To bad I’m on a diet. :(.
Yeah, it sucks when people are so UN-professional about things. I especially hate it when they know you’re unhappy and basically don’t care. They pretty much just care about the money and that’s it. I’m sorry that you’ve had a bad experience with a hosting company as well.
Lol, so you baked them in the oven? I guess the ingredients are fundamentally the same, except less sugar, maybe. I like the idea of baking but things never turn out quite right when the oven gets involved. I feel your pain re: oven burns. I have one on my knuckle that has been there for more than a month! It just won’t go away.
I’m also on a diet but it sort of went off the rails this week with being sick and well, the Bake Off 😛 Next week I’ll hopefully be back on track.
This is a great recipe as it uses regular ingredients and not marshmallow fluff! I will definitely have to give a go!
The fudge looks soooo good:)
I love baking, but I don’t enjoy it when it gets too competitive! (Even if I sometimes win… it just isn’t fun for me when there’s judging going on.) Your fudge looks amazing 🙂
Hi Kalliste,
Your chocolate caramel fudge slices look decadently delicious! I would have been in heaven with all those delectable sweets, but have been trying to cut down on sugar lately, as it is such a culinary culprit! I’m Greek and was wondering if that custard tart you mentioned was by any chance called ‘Bougatsa’, or ‘Galaktobouriko’. Ring any bells? These two are some of my favourites, was just curious.
Poppy
Ooooh this looks decadent! I was looking for something to take to the beach next week. I think this may be it! Thanks.
The fudge looks wonderful! Everything looks so good. I’ve made extra large cupcakes before but it takes too long for the kids to eat them. LOL
I cannot think of a more fun way to spend an afternoon at work than with a bake-off! You sure got a wonderful stash to take home and these Choc-Caramel Fudge Slices look amazing – thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Wow, everything looks so yummy. I love the presentation of pastries & chocolates. I’m stopping by from SITS wishing you a great Saturday.
Wow, a Bake Off sounds better than the recent hackathon we had at work. 😛 And a greater challenge! I am not a fan of cooking either… or rather, I am embarrassed because I am not really that good and I am one for simpler foods. But I’m glad you participated and gave it a go. So much yum. And certainly better to try everyone’s home-made stuff.
Hope everyone liked your fudge. It looks super yum 😀
Just reading this post is making my mouth water! If I went into work and found all of this food I would die a sugary death. Your fudge slice looks delicious and the recipe seem pretty simple. I’d love to give it a go.
Oh man, so much chocolate everywhere! Pinning this! Thanks for sharing 😀
I’ve always wanted to do a bake off with friends! This looks like so much fun – your fudge slices look to die for – I have to try them (after summer though! haah).
Oh Wow! That fudge looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
This looks so delish! Love the cookie base! 🙂 So hungry now, lol!
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