My Favourite Dessert :))

As you've probably guessed I love food and all things sweet hahahaha...and this dessert is all things that I love...pastry, frangipane and nuts and it is so simple to make and will impress all your guests when they see it :)

M'hanncha
(Moroccan snakey cake)

Filo pastry 8 sheets

Frangipan filling
250g butter softened
250g icing sugar
2 eggs
250g ground almonds
1tbsp plain flour
Zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
75g Crushed pistachios
75g flaked almonds

A little olive oil (for dotting on the filo pastry)

Add the softened butter and icing sugar into a bowl and mix thoroughly. Add the eggs and mix well.
Pour in the ground almonds and stir through.
Add the orange and lemon zest and the nuts, mix into all incorporated.

Line the filo pastry sheets onto a table, overlapping them slighting to form a long line of sheets and fill on one side (longest edge) and then spread as even as possible and roll up (like a cigar) it will look like a long snake
Now you can roll it round and round (so it looks like a snail) Place into a lightly oiled 9" cake tin
Place Into an oven at 180 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes until crisp and golden
Turn out and sprinkle with icing sugar


Adapted from a jamie Oliver recipe