Cardamom whirls

Ingredients

• 500 g strong bread flour white for dusting
• 85 g butter cut into small pieces
• 7 g sachet easy-blend yeast dried
• 50 g golden caster sugar 
• 1 tsp ground cardamom 
• 250 ml milk 
• 175 g marzipan white grated
• 2 tsp ground cardamom 
• 50 g butter melted
• 1  eggs lightly beaten
• 10 small coarsely sugar cubes 

Equipment

• food processor
• baking sheet
• baking paper
• oven
• kitchen towels

Directions

1. Tip the flour and tsp salt into a food processor fitted with a dough blade.
2. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the yeast, then the sugar and cardamom.
3. Warm the milk until it is hand hot, then add to the dry mix to form a soft dough. Process the dough for 2 mins, then leave in the machine to rise for about 1 hr until it springs back when pressed with a finger. Process the dough briefly in the machine, then tip out onto a lightly floured surface.
4. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas
5. Line 2 baking sheets with baking paper. For the filling, mix the marzipan with the cardamom and butter.
6. Roll out sthe dough to a 50 x 20cm rectangle.
7. Spread the filling over the dough to within 1cm of the edges.
8. Roll up the dough from one long edge.
9. Cut into 20 slices, about 3cm thick, then transfer to the baking sheets, cut sides up. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 30-40 mins until well risen.
10. Brush the whirls with beaten egg and sprinkle with broken sugar.
11. Bake for 12-15 mins until risen and golden. Best eaten freshly baked, or freeze on the day of baking for up to a month.