Easy Hedgehogs

It was my youngest cake sale today so made the following for him to take to school

This is one my most secret recipes that I have had forever.  Its a cheat way to make them but shuu... don't tell any-one.

1 Loaf day-old bread cut into equal cubes crusts removed

750ml Sugar

250ml Cocoa

375ml Water

30ml Butter

5ml Vanilla Essence

3c Coconut

Store bread in a air tight container. 

Mix the rest of the ingredients except for the vanilla essence in a pan over moderate heat until sugar has dissolves, boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add vanilla essence.

Dip the bread cubes into syrup mixture then roll in coconut.

Cool on a wire rack and store in an air tight container

Makes about 40cubes.

Chocolate Fairy Cupcakes

100ml Self Raising Flour

100 Cocoa

5ml Baking powder

100ml Castor Sugar

80g Soft Margarine

2 Eggs

Pre-heat oven to 180'c.
Arrange 60 fairy cases on a baking tray.

Sift flour, cocoa,baking powder and castor sugar together add margarine,eggs and beat well.  Spoon teaspoon fulls of mixture into the cases.  Do not overfill.

Bake at 180'c for 10-15min until well risen.

Cool on Wire rack

Icing:

200ml Icing sugar

15ml water (give or take)

60 Smarties

Sift icing sugar, add enough water to make a spreading consistency.

Decorate each cake with a smartie.

I was not too happy with the colour of the smarties since they changed them so maybe jelly tots would be better.