Mr Kipling sprinkled with icing sugar

When is a biscuit not a biscuit? I have a cook book out of the library about biscuits and in it there is a recipe for Viennese Whirls. These are my very absolute favourites from childhood. I would have them at my Auntie Ivy's and they were delectable, luxurious, wondrous objects which melted in the mouth. Dusted with icing sugar, Mr Kipling was very clever. Is that Mr K sprinkled with sugar or the whirls? But are they biscuits or small cakes? I think they are small cakes, purely on the basis that they are found in the cake aisle at the supermarket.

Confession: actually the whole point of this blog is to show off my homemade Viennese Whirls. Tasteablog really does need to be invented.