Viennese Whirls

These delicious biscuits are buttery and light. Don’t worry if you’re not an expert at piping, they’ll still look brilliant once they are baked.

'These delicious biscuits are similar to an extremely short shortbread. The wonderfully fine-textured biscuit melts in the mouth while the smooth, velvety chocolate adds a silky richness to this classic Austrian confection.

Viennese whirls are now offically my favourite biscuits. I think of them as a clever combination of shortbread and butterfly fairy cakes ...

Viennese Whirls Viennese whirls make a lovely Jubilee treat. I made half of mine with strawberry jam and half with raspberry jam. Delicious! Viennese Whirls (Adapted from a recipe by The Hairy Bikers ) Ingredients 250g soft butter 50g icing sugar 250g flour 50g cornflour ½ tsp vanilla bean paste Filling 100g butter 100g icing sugar plus ½ tsp for dusting ½ tsp vanilla bean paste 75g seedless raspberry or strawberry jam Method Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line a baking sheet with…

Serves: Makes ~30 Whirls Cost: ~€3 Preparation and cooking time: ~40 minutes Calories: ~148 per 1 Viennese Whirl From France, to England. In this post I’ll be making a childhood favourite of mine – Viennese Whirls. I say England because despite the name, these are a real British classic, and I’m not entirely sure whether they came from Vienna […]

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Viennese whirls.

Homemade Viennese Whirls with fresh buttercream and raspberry coulis

Homemade Viennese Whirls with vanilla buttercream and raspberry coulis, and some dipped in dark chocolate

Viennese whirls. Buttercream, raspberry jam.