Fudge

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 teaspoon cocoa (more if you like a darker fudge)
• 6 teaspoon golden syrup
• 1 cup evaporated milk (undiluted)
• 4 teaspoon butter
• pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (any dry fruit will do)

1. Put in deep pan sugar, cocoa , golden syrup, milk and salt. Stir well with wooden spoon and place pan on very small fire. Do not stir before sugar is dissolved, but with the spoon gently move sugar at the bottom of the pan once in a while to prevent burning.
2. When mixture begins to boil, stir, add butter and keep on stirring.
3. Increase flame a little till mixture thickens. When tiny bubbles appear on edge of spoon and at the bottom of pan as you stir, test drops of fudge in a cup of cold water, and if they form soft balls in your fingers, add vanilla and baking powder.
4. Remove pan from fire.After five minutes of cooling beat mixture till it begins to harden. Add walnuts or dried fruits and QUICKLY pour onto greased square tin.
5. When cool, cut into squares.

Makes 12-18 medium sized squares

Tip

After removing from fire, the mixture begins to harden rapidly. Make sure to pour it into the greased pan quickly before it hardens.Then smooth the surface of the mixture.

The cocoa in the recipe can be substituted with Hershey's chocolate syrup.