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Romney's Kendal Mint Cake 85 g (Pack of 8)

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a b "The famous confection from Kendal". BBC Online. 24 September 2014 . Retrieved 16 September 2017. We merge tradition with modern techniques. Once you taste our Kendal Mint Cake, you'll understand the craft that goes behind each piece. It’s the traditional ingredients combined with a trusted recipe that makes our products so irresistible. Try For Yourself Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake is the oldest surviving mint cake company. The Quiggin family has been making confectionery since 1840 in the Isle of Man. When one of the four sons, Daniel Quiggin, moved to Kendal in 1880, the mint cake company was formed. [7] [8]

Kendal Mint Cake is made from sugar, glucose, water, and peppermint oil. [16] Although the exact recipe and method of manufacturing mint cake is kept secret, [7] it is known that it is created in the following way: [17] First of all, the key ingredients are weighed out, Sugar, Water and Glucose Syrup, then added to a copper vat.The great debate! Our Kendal Mint Cake Recipe is over 130 years old and made by hand at the oldest manufactuers. However, Folklore suggets in 1918 Joseph wiper accidentally created Kendal Mint Cake when he overboiled his glacier mints... Either way it makes for a delicious and energy-rich sweet treat during hard efforts! The main ingredients of Kendal Mint Cake typically include sugar, glucose syrup, and peppermint oil. The mixture is heated, poured into molds, and then allowed to cool and set. Once solidified, it forms a hard, brittle texture. Origin of Kendal Mint Cake The Recipes: The first recipe below is the original recipe and method for an authentic home-made Cumbrian Kendal Mint Cake from 1966. A modern, commercial Kendal Mint Cake is made from sugar, glucose syrup, water and peppermint oil, for this see the second recipe below. Copper pans have always been used when making mint cake. Copper is much better at conducting heat when compared to iron or stainless steel. The copper spreads the heat more efficiently, meaning the sugar is unlikely to burn. The copper pans also heat and cool almost instantly, so this method means our producers are always in control. At this point, our Informed Sport blend of B Vitamins and Electrolytes are carefully added to the mixture to produce the KMC NRG BAR.

Hillary and Norgay became the first confirmed people to summit Mt Everest. As for the mint cake, one member of the expedition wrote, "It was easily the most popular item on our high altitude ration – our only criticism was that we did not have enough of it."Peppermint Extract has even been found to increase the pain threshold. Often used for colonoscopy to stop painful cramping in patients. Closely related to the anti-inflammatory properties. Not bad when you need that edge on your competitors! With 150 years of experience, we have developed the perfect Kendal mint cake recipe. Each batch of mint cake is still made the original way in our factory based in the heart of Kendal. Kendal Mint Cake can be baked. To add a minty flavor to baked items, chop them up and add them. Variations of Kendal Mint Cake Kendal Mint Cake is a sugar-based confection flavoured with peppermint. It originates from Kendal in Cumbria, England. [1] Kendal Mint Cake is popular among climbers and mountaineers, especially those from the United Kingdom, as a source of energy. [2] History [ edit ] Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman included mint cake in their supplies for their 2004 motorcycle trip around the world in Long Way Round. [ citation needed]

It usually takes about 20 minutes for the batch to cool, and then it is ready to be taken out of the mould and broken into bars. This step has to be done very carefully as the bars are still quite soft.

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Absolutely! We use real peppermint oil in our Kendal Mint Cake to give it that authentic and refreshing minty taste.

Step 2 As soon as the mixture reaches 120°C on a sugar thermometer, remove pan from heat. Add peppermint extract and a pinch of salt and stir well with a wooden spoon for about 3min, this will give the mint cake its signature white colour. The mixture should be gloopy and cloudy. Carefully scrape into the lined tin and leave to set at room temperature, about 30min. Note: The exact proportions of the ingredients in a commercialy made Kendal Mint Cake are kept a secret between the owners of the three main companies still making Kendal Mint Cake – Romney’s, Quiggin’s and Wilson’s. What we do know is that Romney’s, after cooling the glucose syrup, sugar, and water mix for several minutes add half an ounce of peppermint oil to every 40 lb of mix. Recipe Ingredients: The mixture is then poured into moulds and allowed to set, after which it is broken into individual bars. Step 1 Grease and line a 20cm square tin and with baking parchment. Mix sugar, glucose and 250ml water in a large pan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Turn up heat to medium and bubble, swirling the pan occasionally rather than stirring. Romney's was founded in 1918, and used an old recipe to create mint cake. This mint cake was sold in Kendal and sent by train to other areas of the north-west for sale. In 1987, Romney's bought Wiper's Mint Cake from Harry Wiper, who had inherited ownership of Wiper's in 1960 when his father Robert Wiper died. [10]Vanilla Mint Cake: Substitute vanilla essence for peppermint for a milder flavor. Vanilla’s smooth sweetness complements the cake’s light, minty taste. Our Kendal Mint Cake NRG BARs are still made by hand the traditional way using: Sugar, Glucose Syrup and a top-secret blend of natural Peppermint Oil. KMC NRG BAR also includes our Electrolyte & B-Vitamin blend carefully designed to help with physical performance and the breakdown of carbohydrate into energy.

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