Instructions: Roll out the pastry to a rectangle 30X12 in. (80X30xcm) and brush with the fat. FOR THE FILLING: combine together all the ingredients for the filling and distribute evenly over the pastry surface. Roll up like a swiss roll starting from the long side. Grease a round cake tin 10 in. (26cm). Lay the roll in the cake tin in a spiral shape and brush with milk. OVEN: moderately hot

Baking Time: about 50 minutes FOR THE ICING: sieve the icing sugar and blend with as much water as will give a good coating consistency.

Ice the roll and decorate with the almond "spikes"

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