Salted caramel

I think it was the fact that they looked wonderful.
I was distinctly underwhelmed..

DD makes some great gluten free cakes but they are not vegan or sugar free!

The cakes at our Macmillan do were vegan, gluten free, sugar free (mostly)
They weren't very nice, either.

I don't think that creamy, sugary cakes once in a while, ie once a year, are that bad for you unless you are diabetic of course.

acanthus is correct. I find it unbelievabld and scandalous that MacMillan though doubtless doing some very excellent work, insist on advocating the consumption of creamy sugary
cakes as a means of fundraising.

BBevan - too high a temperature

DH and I tried making salted caramel. Filled the kitchen with black smoke. What did we do wrong?

I'm with the minority, love caramel, toffee, fudge etc (in moderation!) but not with salt in. Now it is difficult to get it without.

Haagen-Dazs salted caramel icecream is fabulous too. The only thing that stops me guzzling it too often is that it's very hard frozen and needs to thaw for 10 mins or so to be at its best.

M&S Salted Caramel ice cream is to die for...I think I’ve been to heaven, but definitely come back down to earth for second helpings?

anniefrance it's hard enough getting decent non-UHT cream in France. Clotted cream? Never. They don't know what they are missing.
My theory is that it all goes to the patisseries. I'm convinced that they skim some off the so-called 'whole' fresh milk too. It's definitely not as taasty as it should be.

GabriellaG. My BP is fine. On the low side of Normal. Doctors have always told me it's healthy.

I'm assuming your post was tongue in cheek marionk!

I like salted caramel too but my real favourite in the chocolate department is coffee truffle chocolate and apart from Thorntons nobody seems to make coffee flavoured chocolate any more.
Any of you ladies know of any?

nor can we escape all the other food fads which abound nowadays.
I do think that some food fads are advantageous though, GabriellaG - for instance so many people are careful about eating anything with wheat or gluten in it that there is now an abundance of gf foods on the supermarket shelves. So that is a plus for coeliacs.

A recent blood test showed my sodium blood levels are below normal so I should eat more salt!

Oh please ladies, it’s not ‘salt’ at all, but NATURAL SEA SALT so probably not harmful at all ??

I had salted caramel popcorn at the cinema the other week - very yummy! And Kelly's chocolate fudge ice cream with salted caramel sauce is absolutely delicious!

Oh Acanthus you are so right - wheat gives me migraines so I stopped eating it in 2001. It does make you aware how many foods are various forms of wheat - I think it must be a big factor in the weight and diabetes disaster. We need a culture change - got to do it ourselves, businesses are not interested in public health.

Went shopping this morning. The latest in mincemeat pies is.......salted caramel. As I love both couldn't resist buying a box. Looked forward to one with morning cuppa. So disappointed, won't be tempted again.

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Salt is supposed to enhance the flavour of many (but not all) foods.
I use a pinch when making porridge but adding it to caramel this and that is a bridge too far. There is no getting away from it, nor can we escape all the other food fads which abound nowadays.

Marthjolly1
Low blood pressure is not to be coveted.
Low bp is as bad as high bp.

Sorry lived at home ;-)

My Dad used to make the best porridge ever when I loved at home. He put sugar in it but always a pinch of salt it was brilliant. I'd forgotten about it until recently when I was trying to think why my porridge didn't taste like Dads. I'm putting it in now and it's gorgeous. I do love salted caramel too xx

If you cant get clotted cream, in the country where you live ( as I cant) it is so easy to make and delicious too.