We took the children to Beamish recently, the open air museum set in 1913 and we saw fresh cinder toffee being made in the old copper pans over open flames - the smell, the taste and you could buy little bags of it in the old fashioned sweet shop there. But beware if making honeycomb with the...

This Banana Toffee Pudding Recipe is a banoffee style pudding, prepared in layers so the toffee permeates the sponge for a rich toffee banana taste, yet cooked on a toffee base which is turned upside down - so it is served with Toffee oozing over the sides. Truly rich and delicious....

For a quicker “crack” use a large saucepan, just be aware that smaller saucepans will take longer to reach the required temperature. Always use a clean dry saucepan to do sugar work or the sugar may crystalize....

Bonfire night, toffee apples and hot dogs - but not in that order. Good fun to make with the children but please beware the toffee coating gets dangerously hot and needs constant adult supervision....

Serve on ice cream, as an accompaniment to tarts etc or poured on to hot steamed chocolate puddings or sticky toffee pudding. Heaven!!!...