Our American Style Fudge is Proving to Be Popular

We have recently introduced a small range of American style chocolate fudges to our table at The Palms Market in Woodstock. The four flavours we currently have available in this range are dark choc mint, white lemon meringue, chilli chocolate fudge for that bite with the sweet and our caramel flavoured and coloured rounds. These particular fudges are round and can be eaten as they are or can be cut into quite thin slices and eaten sliver by delectable sliver.

from left to right: chilli, caramel, meringue and mint

We continue to produce our more traditional ranges of fudges as well. This range includes our traditional butter fudge and from time to time the more unusual cranberry or ginger fudges up to the top of the range Wellington Squares (fudge sandwiched between chocolate and biscuit.

The Palms Market is open every Saturday from 9.00am until 2.00pm at The Palms @ Woodstock Decor and Lifestyle Centre. The centre offers free covered parking to visitors on a Saturday morning!

We are there pretty much every Saturday and are located about halfway up or down the market (depending on which entrance you select to the market)! Please note that we unfortunately will not be there on Saturday 9 August. When you visit look for the red table cloth and some of the best fudges in Cape Town!

First the Marula Tree, then Amarula Liqueur and now Marula Fudge

Amarula Liqueur is a product infused with the juice from the marula tree. We have taken this liqueur one step further and blended some into our traditional butter fudge. The resulting Amarula flavoured fudge has already found support amongst our fudge aficionados.

The female Marula Tree (Sclerocarya birrea) is a prolific bearer of the marula fruit. Depending upon the size of the tree, up to 500kg of fruit can be borne by a tree in any one year. The Marula Tree grows mainly in the more northern and eastern areas of South Africa and further into Southern Africa. A number of products are created from the fruit, with the best known undoubtedly being Amarala Cream Liqueur.

Marula fruit and cream are magically transformed into Amarula Liqueur. We then take that bit of magic and with a few tricks of our own, blend it with our traditional butter fudge to create our new Amarula Fudge.

Of course there is no real wizardry. Rather just some careful blending and mixing and stirring together of fine ingredients for your enjoyment

So if you are fond of Amarula and really enjoy some of the best fudge around, now is your chance to taste the best of both worlds. 

A good place to try our marula is at The Palms Market in Woodstock on a Saturday morning between 9.00am and 2.00pm. So if you are heading for the market on Saturday, we would be delighted to meet you and give you a taste of our new marula fudge.

Fudge Delivered to Your Doorstep in the Constantia Valley

Dear fudge aficionados, we would like to tell you about our fudge delivery service within the Constantia Valley.

This may be of special interest to you if you used to get your fudge from us at Porter Estate Market. We are currently not selling our range of fudges at Porter Market, so we are sure that you would be pleased to hear that we deliver 2 or more of our R35 packets free within the Constantia Valley (there may be a surcharge for the delivery of one packet).

If you prefer to come along and taste our fudges and buy your pieces and packets as before, then you are welcome to visit us at the Market at The Palms in Woodstock, where we continue to sell our fudge between 9.00am and 2.00pm on Saturday mornings. Another plus for The Palms Market is the covered parking. With autumn and wet weather approaching, you don't have to get your feet wet walking from your car to this indoor market.

early Saturday - setting up at The Palms

To order your fudge directly from us, either phone us on 021 - 715 7130 or send an email to gloriousfudge@gmail.com and let us know which flavours we can deliver.

Our range of fudge flavours may include traditional butter, brown sugar, vanilla, cranberry, coconut, honey, ginger, chocolate marshmallow, double chocolate and Wellingtons Squares [delectable fudge sandwiched between a layer of chocolate and shortbread biscuit] which could be the "plain" or "espresso coffee" variety. You may also like to order our new "vegan" fudge.

Please note that we do not always have stocks of all flavours, nor large quantities of any, so please give us a day or two for delivery. We can sometimes deliver same day and usually within 24 hours, depending upon the type or the quantity.

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.

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!

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.

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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