My Friend The Friand
The friand is a small, moist, dense, rich almondy cake. It is truly awesome. I can never stop at just one. i like to eat it fresh out of the oven, with a tablespoon of fresh cream. wonderful. if you feel like a treat, add some fresh strawberries with the cream :). from simple food by jill dupleix
Steps
Heat oven to 200 degrees c.
Melt butter and allow it to cool.
Use 1 tablespoon to coat 10 muffin tin moulds or individual oval baking moulds measuring 5 x 10 cm.
Sift icing sugar and flour into bowl , mix in the ground almonds.
Lightly beat egg whites with a fork , fold them into dry ingredients.
Add cooled , melted butter and orange rind , mix well.
Three quarters fill each mould with mixture and bake on the middle shelf of oven for 10 minutes.
Turn tray around , and bake for another 5- 10 minutes , till tops are golden , and springy to the touch.
Leave in the tins for 5 minutes , then gently unmould onto a wire tray and leave to cool.
Dust the friands with icing sugar to serve.
Ingredients
butter, icing sugar, plain flour, ground almonds, egg whites, fresh lemon rind