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My clotted cream vanilla fudge just won't set. I am using a sugar thermometer. I'm melting my ingredients then bringing the mix to a temp of 115C and cooking at that temp for 20mins before increasing the heat. I've tried taking it to 121C and even last night to a temp of 130C! Then I'm beating with a hand held electric whisk until thick and matte. The fudge tastes delicious but it's still soft and squidgy.

Ingredients are:
275g caster sugar
100g golden syrup
227g tub clotted cream
1/4 teaspoon vanilla paste with seeds

What (else) can I do to make it set?

J Pierce
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If you live at any altitude other than sea level, you may need to adjust your recipe's temperature. If you live in the mountains as I do, that temperature may vary enough to mess up your recipe, even if you've checked the boiling point of water just prior to starting the candy. The air pressure up here seems more volatile than it was when I lived at sea level. Maybe that's just because one usually doesn't get up to much candy making if there's a hurricane coming in.

At any rate, here's a link to the Unviersity of Utah's The Art of Candy Making. It has a chart on page three that will help you adjust your finished temperature (if that should happen to be your problem). I hope it will help.

Cindy Skillman
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If you're open to it, melt and incorporate some white chocolate to the mixture to help it set up during cooling. The flavor shouldn't alter too far.

StevenXavier
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for fudge it has to come to a rolling boil before you turn it down to simmer

billie
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