Back in the 80s when no one cared how much sugar kids had, my mam used to make a type of sweet from golden syrup. It was basically golden syrup boiled with something else (water? sugar? sugar water?) and poured into cake cases and left to set. The end result was an inch thick chewy disc of syrup. We used to call them cakes but I suppose they were more like a lolly without the stick. The paper cake cases would usually stick to it so sometimes we'd save up Mr Kipling foil trays to use too.
They definitely weren't just something done in my house as the school tuck shop used to sell ones the dinner ladies made and there would always be some on the cake stall of the Brownies summer fayre.
Does anyone remember their mum making these? If so, does anyone know the recipe? Google was no help. Going to a family party in a few weeks and planning to make some as a blast from the past for my siblings and cousins.