New Year's Resolutions and Fudge Glorious Fudge

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal clients for their support during 2013 and look forward to seeing you again at one of the markets next year.

As many have discovered, we also make to order and would be delighted to find out how we can help to sweeten up your life or the lives of your family and friends during the year ahead.

Can we let you into a little secret? We have noticed that for the first two to three weeks of the year, some of our regular customers say "no" to our fudge, but by the fourth week of the year most resistance to our "simply delicious" fudge has totally crumbled.

So our "new year's message" is - certainly cut back on things in the new year, but why suffer the agony and torment from deprivation of our "simply irresistible" fudge? You know you want it. You don't need to eat it by the packet full. A piece here and a piece there should do the trick. Rather cut back on those "other things".

That way you can ease your way into 2014 without angst and anguish.

So there you have it - "sweet solutions to your new year's resolutions!"

Wishing you all of the best for 2014!

Back at The Waldorf Night Market today

Fudge Glorious Fudge are back again at The Constantia Waldorf Night Market from 5.00 till 9.00pm today. Look out for our table inside the hall. You cannot miss our hand-crafted sign.

We will have many of our ever popular flavours available as pieces or packets. As we are approaching December, there will also be some festive season packets on sale.

How to get to Constantia Waldorf School. -
The school is in the heart of the Constantia Valley on Spaanschemat River Road. For those who live in the Constantia Valley, Waldorf Constantia is easy to find. You know where Peddlars on the Bend Restaurant and Pub is and the school is right next door.

If driving south on the M3 freeway from the direction of Cape Town, take exit 15 marked "M38 Kendal Road". Turn right at end of off-ramp and then left at T-junction. Drive straight on at the set of traffic lights, follow the road as it bends to the right and then left. You can't miss Peddlars on the Bend and the school is immediately after that.

If travelling north, from the direction of Muizenberg, take exit 16 marked "M39 Ladies Mile". Turn left at the end of the off ramp and first left again. Shortly after that Peddlars on the Bend appears on the right followed by Waldorf.

These directions may be detailed, but they are quite easy to follow and we would not want you to miss some of the best fudge in Constantia. And of course the rest of Waldorf Night Market is not too bad either.

The Waldorf Market usually operates on the last Friday of October, November, January and February and we are not able to get there every time. For other weekends you can find our fudge for sale in the Constantia Valley at Porter Estate Market in Tokai every Saturday morning from 9.00am until 1.00pm

Why many Fudge Connoisseurs Claim our Fudge to be the Best Fudge in Cape Town

We thank the many fudge connoisseurs who comment so favourably to us about our fudge.They nearly all mention how smooth our fudge is. They talk to us about the golden brown colour of our more traditional fudges and the amazing flavours of our more different fudges. The ginger, the honey, the cranberry and vanilla fudges all get their favourable comments. "Where is your coconut fudge today" is a question we were asked last week. Alas, we had already sold out by the time the customer had got to Porter Market.

Golden-brown, super-smooth traditional butter fudge

The Wellington Squares are sometimes confused with the very similar "millionaire's shortbread". Millionaire's shortbread usually has a caramel filling, whilst our Wellington Squares have our traditional butter fudge sandwiched between chocolate and shortbread biscuit. A lady from England thought our Wellington Squares had caramel in the middle, but when she heard it had our smooth, creamy butter fudge instead, she bought a packet without hesitation.

"Three packets of your ginger fudge please" was another recent request. Unfortunately we had again sold out. "Get more stocks then" was a comment made by a customer keen on a certain flavour, that we did not have.

We do not like to keep large stocks though as we want to sell fudge that is as fresh as possible. Our more traditional fudges keep for more than a month and our chocolate and biscuit fudges for about 3 weeks, but even so, we turn out fresh batches weekly.

You can get some fudges in the shops which will keep for 3 months or longer, but they are pumped full of preservatives. Our fudges have no additives. We like like to make them as natural as possible for you. And that is another reason that our customers appreciate our superior fudges and we thank our regular connoisseurs for their continual support.

Glorious Fudge at Natural Goods Market at Canal Walk on Sunday

Join us Sunday 29 September at The Natural Good Market at The Oval, Canal Walk from 9.00am until 2.00pm. We will have a wide range of our best fudges on sale and tasters for you to taste.

Glorious Fudge "under canvas' at the Natural Goods Market

The Natural Goods market is a great destination market for the whole family. It can also be included as part of a visit to the Canal Walk Shopping Mall. At certain times, a train links the market with the shopping mall. Otherwise it is only about a 10 minute walk from  the mall to the market. It is also possible to park at the market. Just follow the signs to The Oval.

Where to buy some of the Best fudge in Cape Town

We don't usually say it, but our customers do. They often refer to our fudge as simply "the best they have ever tasted". And we don't like to argue with our customers... especially when they say things like that.

Today we got a call from someone who seemed a little desperate. She had bought some fudge for her mother from The Palms Market last Saturday and she, or at least her mother was in a real need of some more fudge and she couldn't wait until next Saturday. Please could we help her. It had to be our fudge, as nothing else would do.

Some of the best fudge in Cape Town

It is well documented in this blog that two of the most popular places to get our packets or pieces of fudge are either at The Palms market in Woodstock or at The Porter estate Produce Market in Tokai. Unfortunately, during this past winter, rain has prevented the market at Porter estate for operating on a number of Saturdays, but as we move into summer we hope the weather will be kind and that we will be able to be there every Saturday.

Speaking of summer, also look out for Glorious Fudge at The Natural Goods Summer Market at Canal Walk on the last Sunday of the month [excluding December] and the Waldorf Night market in Constantia on selected last Fridays of the month. So we will next be at the Natural Goods Market on Sunday 29 September 2013.

Currently, you can also get our traditional butter fudge at two outlets in the City Bowl area of Cape Town. Down at the V&A Waterfront, you can purchase pieces of our fudge from Wild Thing Africa in the Red Shed Craft Workshop. One can access the Red Shed from the one end of the food court or by going between the Cinema Noveau and the Cape Town Fish Market.

V&A Waterfront - a great place for boats, sundowners & fudge

A new spot is at the Euro Goods Store at The Palms Lifestyle Centre in Woodstock. So when we are not there during the week, you should be able to source our packetsfrom them.

We are looking at other sites, currently in the Southern Suburbs as well as the South Peninsula. So if you know of any places that might be interested, do let us know, so we can get some of the best fudge in Cape Town closer to you!

In the meantime, by prior arrangement, we can supply you directly if you live in the Southern Suburbs - generally in the area between the mountains and the railway line and between Rondebosch and Lakeside. Deliveries are free, subject to minimum orders.

Fudge for a Cape Town Winter

Yesterday snow fell on top of Table Mountain! We don't get snow every day on Table Mountain. We don't even get snow every year. Yesterday, there was that biting cold that seems to penetrate right through a pair of jeans. Just the weather for some thermal underwear ... and a piece of fudge. And as it turned out, just the right sort of weather for snow on Table Mountain.

There is something seemingly warming about fudge on a cold winter's day. We expect to hear about more snow today on the Western Cape mountains over the next few days. Unfortunately today, with hard intermittent rain showers, the outdoor Porter Market in Tokai was not the ideal place for shopping or having breakfast.

Setting up at The Palms on a winter's day. Dry inside; wet outside.

The Palms Market in Woodstock, on the other hand was a great out of the rain destination for tasting and buying a wide range of fresh and freshly made food. Our fudge found favour amongst shoppers this morning as they looked for ways to stave off the cold. So it was coffees and fudge, breakfast rolls and fudge, mushroom skewers and fudge. Well you get the picture.

Our Wellingtons Squares were especially popular today. Those are the triple layer of decadence - chocolate, fudge and shortbread biscuit. Choose between our "plain" Wellington Squares and the Espresso Wellington squares for that coffee buzz experience. Our Traditional Butter Fudge remained a firm favourite and Ginger Fudge was popular with those wanting a fudge with that warming ginger experience.

Its been a wet Cape Town winter this year, especially this month of August. So, here's hoping for a true start to spring in September, with warm sunny Saturdays. Porter Estate Market in Tokai lends itself especially to those warmer days.... days to embrace the sun, admire the natural setting beneath the slopes of the Constantiaberg and of course days to buy some fudge.

A selection of our fudge packets, with the Wellingtons on the right

Fathers like Fudge Too

Tomorrow is Father's Day. As a father I like fudge and I am certainly not the only one. I enjoy most of the flavours, but if I was pressed to come up with a favorite from our range, it would probably be our Wellington Squares [decadent sandwich of chocolate and shortbread biscuit with fudge in the middle]. My other favorites are our Espresso Wellington Squares and our Black Forest Fudge - fudge with cherries, cherry liquor and topped with dark chocolate!

For that special dad or man in your life, why not spoil him with a packet of fudge for tomorrow? We have many different flavours to choose from. They are all popular, but the best liked by dads this year might well be Wellington Squares, Espresso Wellington Squares and you can never go wrong with our traditional butter fudge or our brown sugar butter fudge.

So visit us today at Porter Outdoor Market and The Palms in Woodstock and get your Father's Day surprise. See you there and if you see me nibbling a Wellington Square on the side... well you know now that it is my favourite!

The Market at The Palms Celebrates 50 Markets Today!

Join us at The Market at The Palms today as they celebrate 50 markets. Up to 50 prizes to be given away including some of our glorious fudge!

The Market at The Palms is a great indoor market, not least of all in winter, when it quite often seems to rain on a Saturday! It was already raining from early this morning. In addition there is free, covered parking on a Saturday morning for customers visiting The Palms.

They have a large range of foods and drinks - visit their Facebook page for photos and more information: www.facebook.com/MarketAtThePalms

Unfortunately for our regular customers at Porter Estate Market, this market is closed for a second week due to rain, but we are holding thumbs that we will open again on Saturday 15 June if the weather is kind to us.

So join us at The Palms Market this Saturday for a celebration of 50 markets since Market at The Palms first opened its doors not that long ago.

Fudge for Mother on Mother's Day

Does your mother like fudge? If she does, then tomorrow is the ideal time to buy her some for Mother's Day. Visit us, if you live in Cape Town, at The Porter Estate Produce Market  in Tokai from 9.00am until 1.00pm, or The Market at The Palms in Woodstock from 9.00am until about 2.00pm. The fudge is available in packets or as pieces or we can put some different flavours of fudge in a packet for you.

Your mother may enjoy receiving one of our more recent fudge creations, including coconut fudge, demerara sugar fudge and chocolate marshmallow fudge. Some of our other interesting types of fudge include honey fudge, cranberry fudge, ginger fudge and wellington squares [similar to millionaire's shortbread, except with fudge in the centre instead of caramel]. Our wellington squares can also be purchased with or the inclusion of espresso to give a rich warm coffee flavour. For a more traditional "you can't go wrong" type of fudge, there is our traditional butter fudge and for a slight twist from the traditional, why not buy our brown sugar fudge or our vanilla fudge?

Fudge back at Porter Estate Market and the Market at The Palms.

We hope you missed us and our fudge last weekend. We certainly missed you.

We decided to take a short break and visit the Garden Route last week. Whilst there, we took the opportunity to visit the Harkerville Market located on the N2 between Plettenberg Bay and Knysna. This market also operates on a Saturday morning and being an outdoor market, it reminds us a bit of "our own" Porter Estate Market. The market was busy in spite of the fact that the ground was wet after recent rains. A little later in the morning, we drove past the Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market at Sedgefield, but unfortunately did not have time to visit there on this trip. This popular market opens early and closes at 11.30am. If you enjoy markets, then we would suggest a visit to both of these markets when visiting the Garden Route.

The good news is that we will be back at the Market at The Palms and The Porter Estate Produce Market again this coming Saturday [11 May 2013]. So look out for us on Saturday morning. We hope to have a good selection of our ever popular fudge flavours including Traditional Butter Fudge, Brown Sugar Butter Fudge, Vanilla Fudge and then some of our more unusual fudges such as honey, coconut and ginger. Top of the range, we will probably also have our Wellington Squares [similar to millionaire's shortbread] and our Espresso Wellington Squares for you to taste and purchase.

Getting ready for the market

So this weekend you can stock up on some of your favourite fudge flavours at The Palms in Woodstock or Porter Market in Tokai. Fudge is also great for a road trip. One of our regular customers loves the Kalahari National Park and before her family heads up there 3 or 4 times a year, she comes along to Porter and stocks up with a couple of packets for the journey. So whether you are travelling to the Kalahari or the Garden Route, stock up with our fudge before you go. Some fudge out there is certainly not what we would call "glorious" and I'm sure, as you are a fudge connoisseur, you would agree.

Glorious Fudge, Easter Eggs and Easter Markets.

This Easter weekend, we invite you to visit us at three Cape Town markets for some of the best fudge to be found in the Western Cape.

On Saturday morning, we will be at our regular Porter Estate Produce Market in Tokai [open from 9.00am until 1.00pm] and The Market at the Palms in Woodstock [open from 9.00am until 2.00pm]. On Sunday 31 March  we will be at the Natural Goods Market at Canal Walk [open from 9.00am until 2.00pm].

We have also recently brought out a new type of fudge , which we call chocolate marshmallow fudge. Quite a mouthful of a name, but then so is this fudge... quite a[delightful] mouthful.

Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge... yummy!

A combination of chocolate and fudge with a slightly "springy" texture. Maybe a little like eating a chocolate fudge marshmallow. A bit difficult to describe really... so best just to come along and taste for yourself at one of the markets this weekend.

Oh yes and Easter Eggs and Easter Bunnies. We have some specially wrapped up for you. They are also made from the chocolate marshmallow fudge

So we hope you will visit us at a market near you this weekend.

Visit Glorious Fudge at Eat Out DStv Awards Market today

A special Eat Out DStv market opens at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock at 5.00pm today. At 6.00pm the national winners in various categories of the Eat Out DStv Food Network Produce Awards for 2013 will be announced. We feel very privileged just to be able to take part in this prestigious event and we hope to see you there. We have been nominated under the Small Producer: Confectionery section. As usual, our fudge will be available to taste and to buy.So come along and join us this evening.

Taste Demerara Sugar Fudge at Natural Goods Market

Today looks like a brilliant sunny day here in Cape Town. Its ideal weather to visit the Natural Goods Market at Canal Walk today. The market is open from 9.00 and there is always a selection of stalls to get something for breakfast and later on for lunch. Browse around and you will of course find our Glorious Fudge stand.

We have another great selection of fudges including our new Demerara Sugar Fudge. This less refined brown sugar adds a certain earthiness to the fudge flavour. Demerara Sugar is named after a previous name of Guyana in South America from where this sugar was grown. Fortunately, we did not have to go that far to get the sugar and you wan't have to go any further than the Natural Goods Market to get a piece or a packet of out Demerara Fudge creation.

Try Demerara Sugar Fudge with cheese and grapes!

                                                                                                                  
So before you leave the market, come along, taste from our range and stock up with some sweet delights from our stand. Please note that we do not supply the cheese and grapes at the market, but usually there are stallholders supplying these items.

To get the special sugar you could of course you could go all the way to Guyana, but then you will only get the sugar and miss out on our delicious Demerara Fudge!

Coconut Fudge at Waldorf Night Market

We invite you to come to our stall this evening and taste our Coconut Fudge, a fairly new addition to our range. All it takes to make is some of the best fudge around, to which we add coconut milk and some  desiccated coconut plus a whole heap of magic and hey-presto there's Coconut Fudge!

Apart from Coconut Fudge, we also have many other flavours on offer including Traditional Butter Fudge, Demerara Sugar Fudge, Wellington Squares [a bit like Millionaire's Shortbread, but with fudge inside], cranberry fudge and ginger fudge. Oh yes we also have two brand new flavours on offer. So come along to stall number 42 in the hall at Waldorf Constantia tonight and we can show you our range. For your convenience, the fudge is available in pieces or packets. The only problem is which flavour to choose. One great solution is to select your flavours and we can bag the pieces for you.

Coconut Fudge... the Hibiscus is extra!

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Valentine's Day Fudge - better Late than Never

Is your valentine a fudge fanatic? Did you remember to get some flavoursome fudge? If not, it may not be too late to save the day ... and your valentine. Contact us. After all, we are known in some circles as the fudge fundis. Yes and maybe also known for cobbling together alternate alliterations.

Unfortunately, unseasonal summer rain put a damper on the Porter Estate Market, so our regular customers and new visitors alike, were unable to get access to our Valentine's Day delectables at a wet outdoor market. So this is your final chance to get some for you and your valentine. Tomorrow is Valentine's and we still have a handful of specially presented fudge packets and tins in stock.

On the other hand things were really humming and indeed thumping at The Market at the Palms as they celebrated their 1st Birthday last Saturday. Mr Cat & the Jackal were there loud and clear and visually the Cape Town Rollergirls were very much in evidence as well. The market was extremely busy and the fudge found many happy purchasers. It was a great day and a memorable 1st year celebration.

This coming Saturday the weather promises to be kind to us. So we look forward to seeing you at one of our two regular markets. Indoors at The Palms or making the most of mid-February sunshine at The Porter Estate Produce Market. It may also not be too late to get that a belated packet of Valentine's Day fudge!

We Have Remembered Valentine's Day... Have You?

Thursday 14 February is Valentine's Day and we have remembered to bring some Valentine's Day packets to our markets at Porter Estate Market and at The Palms Market tomorrow [Saturday 9 February]. So why not pay a visit to stalls at Porter Estate in Tokai or at The Palms Lifestyle Centre in Woodstock and get a packet or tin of fudge for someone special in your life and hey, while you are about it, why not indulge yourself a bit too?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Choc Fudge Nuggets for Valentine's

Are you Getting the Best Fudge in Cape Town This Weekend?

To make it easy for you to taste and buy some of the best fudge available in Cape Town this weekend, we are on hand to welcome you at Constantia Waldorf Night Market tonight [5.00 to 9.00pm], Porter Estate Market in Tokai [9.00am to 1.00pm] and The Palms Market [9.00am to 2.00pm] in Woodstock on Saturday morning and then again on Sunday morning at the Natural Goods Market [9.00am to 2.00pm] at The Oval, Century City [once at Century City, follow the signs].

Wellington Squares [similar to Millionaires Shortbread]

So don't miss this opportunity of tasting a great range of fudge products. Look forward to seeing you at a market near you this weekend!

At Natural Goods Market, Century City, Cape Town

The entertainment line-up at the Waldorf Night Market this evening [as sent to us]  is as follows:

17h00: Musical Waldorf students step up to the mike. Don't miss a wealth of emerging talent!

18h00: Ottoman Slap brings you original sounds evoking a rich span of moods ranging from the sultry depths of  the Middle East to the meandering slopes of the Balkan hills.

19h00: Gary Thomas is one of the biggest solo acoustic artists in South Africa today. He has recently returned from a highly successful 2 month European tour playing packed out shows in 11 cities. His new album 'Midnight Atlas' was launched at a sold out run at The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in June 2012.

20h00: Manouche believe that if it ain't got the swing, then it truly don't mean a thing. Their music reflects this as they blend French Gypsy, Jazz, Swing, Folk, Tango and Waltz into a sound that is very difficult not to get up and dance to.