Plum Friands
Friands are a small almond cake popular in Australia and New Zealand, similar to the French financier. This version includes a mix of olive oil and butter and is gluten free. These small cakes are a great year-round sweet to have in your repertoire, try topping them with different seasonal fruits.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
Author: Sappho Hatzis
Serves: 12 - recipe makes 12 Friands
Serves: 12 - recipe makes 12 Friands
Ingredients
- 100g butter
- 80ml olive oil
- 75g Maskal Teff ivory flour
- 185g almond flour
- 185g icing sugar, plus 1 tbsp for dusting
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 5 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1-2 plums, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Pre heat to 180c / 350f
- Grease a silicon tray lightly with olive oil or butter (traditionally friands are oval shaped, but you can use a muffin or cupcake tray) and place it on an oven tray (silicon molds are flexible and need a stable base).
- Over a low heat melt the butter. Once melted take off the heat, add the olive oil and set it aside to cool.
- Into a medium bowl, sift the teff flour, almond flour, icing sugar, baking powder & salt. Whisk to combine all the dry ingredients and remove any lumps.
- In another bowl whisk the egg whites to combine, a minute or so until a little frothy, and then slowly add and combine the cooled melted butter and oil and the vanilla to the egg whites.
- Pour the wet mix into the dry mix and fold gently to combine into a runny batter.
- Spoon the mix into your molds, to just under the top. Add a couple of plum slices on top and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes in the tray before removing them.
- Dust with icing sugar to serve.
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