Blackcurrant & Mascarpone Viennese Whirls

Step 1

Pre-heat your oven to 170C Fan/375F/Gas Mark 5

Step 2

To make the biscuit dough, mix the butter and icing sugar together with an electric mixer for 3-5 minutes until very creamy and paler in colour

Step 3

In a separate bowl mix the plain flour and cornflour together. Add half of it to the butter mixture and mix well until combined

Step 4

Add the rest of the flour mixture, and the vanilla extract, and mix until combined

Step 5

Put the biscuit dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle (I used a Jem 1E which is a 12mm open star nozzle). Pipe them out onto the baking paper, start the swirl on the outside and work your way in. Aim for 5cm/"2 circles. Keep piping until all the mixture is gone

Step 6

Bake them for 12-15 minutes until lightly golden, let them cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack

Step 7

To make the mascarpone buttercream, mix the butter and icing sugar together until smooth, ideally using an electic mixer

Step 8

Then add the mascarpone and vanilla extract and mix until smooth, be careful not to overmix

Step 9

Pipe the mascarpone buttercream onto half of the flat side of the biscuits

Step 10

Add some jam on top of the buttercream, then place an empty biscuit on top to create the sandwich

Step 11

Serve immediately, store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days