Chocolate Hedgehog Slice

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 1 lb broken biscuits (shortbread) or 1 lb cookie (shortbread)
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar (fine grain)
• 1 cup sultana (raisins)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons milk (or enough to get a good spreading consistency)

Recipe

• 1 break up biscuits into bits. not crumbed, just pieces no larger the size of a quarter.
• 2 in large pan melt the butter, then add the sugar, sultanas and cocoa. heat and keep mixing until hot but not boiling.
• 3 take off the heat.
• 4 mixing very quickly, add the beaten eggs in small amounts incorporating each lot before adding the next.
• 5 fold in broken biscuits.
• 6 press mixture into a foil lined tray (30x25cm).
• 7 refrigerate to set for a couple of hours.
• 8 to make the icing / frosting:.
• 9 mix the icing sugar, 4 t cocoa and 2 t melted butter with enough milk to give a spreadable consistency.
• 10 beat until smooth.
• 11 spread over the hedgehog and leave until it has set.
• 12 i store this slice in the refrigerator.