Comments on: Chocolate covered Coffee Toffee and my Birthday Cake! http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/ Eat dessert first Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bob C. http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-18654 Bob C. Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:03:18 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-18654 Happy 27th Birthday!!!

]]> By: zoe http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16947 zoe Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:52:49 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16947 Hi Suzette,

Glad you figured it out, let me know if you have any other questions! Enjoy the toffee!

Cheers, Zoë

]]> By: Suzette http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16946 Suzette Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:42:22 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16946 Whoops. Guess I should put on my glasses. I mis-read EXcluding. Sorry.

]]> By: Suzette http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16945 Suzette Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:30 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16945 I am confused. You say to put all ingred. in the pot including the chocolate but then tell us to melt the chocolate to cover the toffee. Which is it?

]]> By: zoe http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16839 zoe Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:39:50 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16839 Hi Wayne,

Like many things in baking, there is not just one way to get there. The more butter in the candy the richer the flavor and texture will be. It will have a slightly softer bite (still brittle, but a touch creamier) to it than one made with less butter. The only way to determine the ratio you like best is to try many recipes. This will be the same issue with caramels.

Enjoy the research! Zoë

]]> By: Wayne http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16835 Wayne Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:41:43 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16835 Hello Zoë,
Great looking sweets! The toffee recipe I’ve been enjoying (from david lebovitz) uses half the butter for equiv. sugar — if I’m not missing something. So a burning question for my engineering mind is whether you have insight on the ratio of butter/fat to sugars and how it relates to the finished product, assuming all other variables remain the same? Is it just more decadent with extra butter or will the texture and/or brittleness change?

I contemplate the same questions with caramels…

]]> By: zoe http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16586 zoe Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:19:14 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16586 Hi Laura,

That is fantastic! Thanks for trying them, so glad the recipe worked out for you!

Happy holidays! Zoë

]]> By: Laura http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-16584 Laura Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:55:56 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-16584 Zoe, I drooled over these toffees when you posted them last year and vowed to make them — and I finally did! They are so easy and were a big hit. I bagged them up and gave them out to teachers and friends. I only wish I had a few more left over for me! This is going to be my new holiday tradition.

]]> By: zoe http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-12173 zoe Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:54:48 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-12173 Hi Elizabeth,

My husband did use a loaf pan to bake the cake. If I remember correctly he mixed raspberry jam with part of the cream cheese icing as the filling. As I get older I forget details like this! ;)

Thanks, Zoë

]]> By: elizabeth http://zoebakes.com/2009/11/16/chocolate-covered-coffee-toffee-and-my-birthday-cake/#comment-12161 elizabeth Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:26:06 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2612#comment-12161 Maybe he made the cakes in loaf pans, so he could get the rectangle shape?

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