I love a Viennese whirl: they're so moreish that I've forbidden myself from buying them, because I'm pretty certain I could down a pack in a single tea break. Piping looks like one of those things that my head says I should be good at and then fail utterly at whenever I give it a go. Both my children have a deft touch for a piping bag, whatever the nozzle! Great efforts, as ever!
Woo, these look great! I'm baking along with The Great Canadian Baking Show, signatures only. I'm impressed that you're also doing the technical!! Hats off!
Here in Italy we have biscuits called "buono ma brutti" meaning good but ugly. They are delicious and everybody eats them, so don't despair, Mark! Your latter efforts are from ugly and I now want to cook them immediately (and eat them).
Now that you have tried making these, you can go back again and it WILL be easier as you know what to expect and what to do better. Great thing about cooking and baking is even if you screw it up (like my lemon courgette cake that welded itself to the pan last night), you can usually eat it. Maybe dropped in a bowl with custard on it! Seriously, these look really good - I would be chuffed with these results. I made Viennese biscuits at the request of my OH previously, and found piping very annoying to get the swing of. I eventually cheated and used a cookie press languishing in the kitchen drawer. 🫢 But I may have another go…
I used to dream of Viennese whirls and their like, and haven’t had one in too long - I shall put that right
I didn’t realise they were so easy to make! Always the go to biscuit in a tin at Christmas. Those and a wafer (?) cylinder… if you know what I mean
I find that plastic piping bags can easily burst so I use those nylon versions. Tasty looking bics there.
Thanks buddy! Definitely learned this hands on 🤣 I’ve ordered some silicone ones but will pick up some nylon ones too 👍
Nice one. You’ll be using fancy shaped nozzles next.
🙈 I can neither confirm nor deny some found their way into my Amazon basket…
I love a Viennese whirl: they're so moreish that I've forbidden myself from buying them, because I'm pretty certain I could down a pack in a single tea break. Piping looks like one of those things that my head says I should be good at and then fail utterly at whenever I give it a go. Both my children have a deft touch for a piping bag, whatever the nozzle! Great efforts, as ever!
Matt! Sorry my friend, the notification for this comment must have got lost in the matrix somewhere 🙃
Do your children host any courses? 😅 I could definitely do with a mentor to get it down!
Geez, these were dangerous to make for that exact reason… ‘oh I’ll just have a couple…’ - cut to being 6 deep and covered in crumbs.
If you ever fancy a batch, let me know - it’s always good practice!
Woo, these look great! I'm baking along with The Great Canadian Baking Show, signatures only. I'm impressed that you're also doing the technical!! Hats off!
Thanks Julia and hello fellow bake-along-er!! It didn’t occur to me just to take on the signatures… that would have been a lot less stressful 😅
Haha, yeah, the signature alone is stressful enough!
Here in Italy we have biscuits called "buono ma brutti" meaning good but ugly. They are delicious and everybody eats them, so don't despair, Mark! Your latter efforts are from ugly and I now want to cook them immediately (and eat them).
Haha thank you, Jan - you are very right indeed. They all did get eaten! 😄 Also, love that phrase ‘good but ugly’!
I reckon we’d all buy a box of ‘Misfits’, quirky biscuits for quirky creative mavericks!
I like this idea *a lot*! Perhaps once I get a few more bakes under my belt 😅
JoJo has her ‘bake’ on today. Two loaves and 20 pitta breads for the freezer.
Wow! That’s bloody good going to start the day with 😃
It is always a fine day when Mrs Feasts fires up the oven!
I enjoy reading your kitchen adventures. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Debbie 🥰
Take a bow, they all look fab! 👏👏👏
Thank you thank you 😊
Now that you have tried making these, you can go back again and it WILL be easier as you know what to expect and what to do better. Great thing about cooking and baking is even if you screw it up (like my lemon courgette cake that welded itself to the pan last night), you can usually eat it. Maybe dropped in a bowl with custard on it! Seriously, these look really good - I would be chuffed with these results. I made Viennese biscuits at the request of my OH previously, and found piping very annoying to get the swing of. I eventually cheated and used a cookie press languishing in the kitchen drawer. 🫢 But I may have another go…
Where are the recipes?
Hey Lola - they’re from this year’s Bake Off book! All the recipes featured in the show are in it to follow along :)
Maybe a little too great 😅