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Is a Viennese Whirl a biscuit or a cake?

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Mysterian · 07/10/2023 18:26

I has a seaside Viannese whirl earlier. It was huge. Imagine circumnavigating a regular sized family hedgehog in ball formation. It was that diameter. Thick too, like a dog's paw or a book that makes you look intelligent. Probably the equivalent of 2 six packs of Mr Kipling's whirls.
But was it a cake or biscuit? It tastes like shortbread which is an obvious biscuit and it knows it, but then again it yields so easily to the squash of the tongue. Or is it a totally different category of foodtypes like a fungus is to plants and cats?

I say biscuit! - YANBU

Not biscuit - YABU

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InMySpareTime · 07/10/2023 22:00

@MezzoSexual Wikipedia says pastry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccles_cake?wprov=sfti1

Is a Viennese Whirl a biscuit or a cake?
MezzoSexual · 07/10/2023 22:03

InMySpareTime · 07/10/2023 22:00

@MezzoSexual Wikipedia says pastry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccles_cake?wprov=sfti1

Fair dos, but why don't they call it an eccles pastry?

ThinWomansBrain · 07/10/2023 22:09

there are recipes for them on the website biscuitpeople.com

who knew there was a biscuitpeople.com website!

AllThoseDirtyWords · 07/10/2023 22:12

I think biscuit. Your delight sounds like a Whoppi pie/Viennese hybrid.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 07/10/2023 22:14

I want to eat this hedgehog sized Viennese Whirl. It’s sounds lovely!

Ffsmakeitstop · 07/10/2023 22:26

We found these on holiday in Falmouth took ages to eat.

Is a Viennese Whirl a biscuit or a cake?
WetBandits · 07/10/2023 22:34

Cake! Anything I would dunk in my tea is a biscuit. I wouldn’t dunk a Viennese Whirl in my tea.

liveforsummer · 07/10/2023 22:40

Definitely a biscuit and I've just realised how long it's been since I've seen a hedgehog. Miss those guys! Disappointed with the lack of photo OP 😆

SuchGreatFun · 09/03/2024 22:40

Are melting moments the same thing as a Viennese Whirl?

Nannyfannybanny · 09/03/2024 22:43

It's a cake,DH had one on Tuesday in a cafe,thick cream in the middle and a blob of strawberry jam.

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