Technical Two complete - Viennese Whirls this time. It looked pretty doable again, but would have been more doable if
1. I had looked at the recipe before I went shopping for the ingredients. That would have save me buying eggs, cream and caster sugar (no eggs required, and it was buttercream I needed to make, not buy cream.. And icing sugar and jam sugar! I thought I was soooo clever buying caster sugar..)
2. Not dropped said unnecessary eggs and cream meaning they were even more pointless ingredients
3. I had a piping bag that a) didn't have a split in it, b) had a fitting that fit in the bag (would have saved me using sellotape..) and c) didn't have a picture of Winnie the pooh on the side that kept rubbing off on my hand and into the doughy mix
Other than that I'd call it a success! There is a bit of definition in the biscuits, they are - as Paul and Mary call it - "short," light and crumbly, and I made jam for the first time! It tasted delicious, even though it never really set and just dripped all over the place... Maybe using actual jam sugar would have made the difference. Oh, I was happy with the buttercream too. Turns out that if you actually follow a recipe and put in the correct amount of icing sugar/butter it tastes better! :)
Mary's recipe said it should take an hour and make 12-14 whirls.. Think it took two and a half and I made eight! :D
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