Sponge toffee

Sponge toffee
Sponge toffee, also known as honeycomb or cinder toffee

Sponge toffee is a sugary confection with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.

The main ingredients are typically brown sugar, corn syrup (or molasses or golden syrup in the Commonwealth) and baking soda, sometimes with an acid such as vinegar. The baking soda and acid react to form carbon dioxide which is trapped in the highly viscous mixture. When acid is not used, thermal decomposition of the baking soda releases carbon dioxide. The lattice structure is formed while the sugar is liquid, then the toffee sets hard.

It is generally home-made, and a popular recipe for children, but is also made commercially and sold in small blocks, or covered in chocolate (popular examples being the Crunchie or Violet Crumble bar).

Regional names

It is known by a wide variety of names including:

Cinder toffee and bonfire toffee are also used to refer to brittle treacle toffee[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b [1] Guardian newspaper: The science of cinder toffee
  2. ^ [2] BBC food: Honeycomb
  3. ^ S.W.R.I. (1977). S.W.R.I. Jubilee Cookery Book. Edinburgh: Scottish Women's Rural Institutes; Reprint of 8th Edition (1968), p179
  4. ^ "Hokey Pokey", Recipe, Evening Post, 1927
  5. ^ [3]
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  8. ^ "Sponge Candy: Chocolate, With a Center of Honeycomb". BuffaloChow.com. January 1, 2008. http://www.buffalochow.com/2008/01/sponge_candy.html. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
  9. ^ hu:Törökméz
  10. ^ [6] About.com British food
  11. ^ Bonfire toffee Bonfire toffee



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