Cream Horns with Jam and Vanilla Cream

Name: Cream Horns with Jam and Vanilla Cream
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 ready rolled puff pastry sheets, about 320 g each; 1 egg, beaten, for glazing; 3 tbsp caster sugar, for dusting; 6 tbsp raspberry jam; 300ml double cream; 2 tbsp icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Flaky puff pastry spirals filled with raspberry jam and sweet vanilla whipped cream, like the ones from a village bakery.

Time50 min
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.65 a head
Oven200°C (180°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 horns

Ingredients

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2ready rolled puff pastry sheetsabout 320 g each
1eggbeaten, for glazing
3 tbspcaster sugarfor dusting
6 tbspraspberry jam
300 mldouble cream
2 tbspicing sugar
1 tspvanilla extract

Method

1
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Make 12 cones from card, 15 cm tall, wrap each tightly in foil and grease lightly with butter, or use metal horn moulds.
2
Cut each pastry sheet into 6 long strips about 2 cm wide. Starting at the point of a cone, wind a strip around it, overlapping the edges by about a third, finishing with the end tucked underneath.
3
Place the horns on a lined tray with the join underneath. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with caster sugar.
4
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until deep golden and crisp. Cool for 5 minutes, then slide the cones out carefully and cool the pastry completely.
16 min 40 s
5
Whip the cream with the icing sugar and vanilla to stiff peaks. Spoon a little jam into the tip of each horn.
6
Pipe the cream into each horn, piling it up at the open end. Eat within a couple of hours.

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