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    Home » Recipes » Small Cakes

    Published on Sep 2, 2014. Modified on Nov 10, 2024 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 4 Comments

    Black Forest Cherry Friands

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    Black Forest friands are little almond cakes with cherry and chocolate, a bite-sized treat perfect for snacking or enjoying with a cup of tea or coffee. 

    Black Forest Cherry Friands

    When I saw on Twitter that Sugar and Crumbs were looking for baking bloggers to try out their new flavours in their range of naturally flavoured icing sugars, I knew this was for me!

    I was lucky enough to receive two packs to try out and the first one was Black Forest.

    As soon as you open the pack the evocative flavour of Black Forest hits you, as if there is a Black Forest gateau nestling in the corner of your kitchen (wouldn’t that be a great find).

    The pack is resealable which is a great idea, as anyone who has ever got covered in clouds of plain icing sugar when opening a cupboard will know.

    This flavour of the icing sugar contains cocoa powder so you end up with a chocolatey-coloured cake without adding anything more to it.

    I thought the flavour would be good baked into a cake, as well as for flavouring traditional buttercream icing.

    My first thoughts was for Black Forest friands as these little light oval cakes are made with whipped egg whites and icing sugar to make them as light as air.

    Close up of a single friand on a wooden board.

    A cheeky drizzle of dark chocolate over the top and you end up with these dainty cakes which would be at home in the best afternoon tea or even just popped into your kids’ lunchboxes for a little treat.

    So delicious!

    Close up of a friand cut in half on a white plate, showing the cherry in the centre.

    The delicate flavour of Black Forest really comes through as you bite into the friand, and combined with the cherries and drizzle of chocolate it is really delicious.

    Why not make Black Forest friands the centre of your next afternoon tea!

    I would use this Black Forest icing sugar again, and will look out for their other flavours.

    I will be trying out the other flavour I was sent (Chocolate Milkshake) very soon too!

    Close up of little cakes on a cooling tray, drizzled with chocolate.

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    Black Forest Cherry Friands

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    • strawberry and lemon friands
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    Recipe

    Chocolate friands with drizzled chocolate on a white plate.

    Black Forest Cherry Friands

    Little almond cakes with black forest cherry and chocolate flavours, great for afternoon tea
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Baking
    Cuisine: French
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 225kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    • 100 g butter melted
    • 2 egg whites
    • 125 g Black Forest icing sugar available from Sugar and Crumbs
    • 25 g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
    • 85 g ground almonds
    • Handful of fresh cherries
    • Dark chocolate to drizzle on top
    UK Measurements – US Measurements

    Instructions 

    • Melt the butter in the microwave and leave to cool for about five minutes.
      100 g butter
    • Whisk the egg whites with an electric whisk until the soft peak stage. This will take about one to two minutes.
      2 egg whites
    • In a different bowl mix together the Black Forest icing sugar, flour and ground almonds.
      125 g Black Forest icing sugar, 25 g plain flour (all-purpose flour), 85 g ground almonds
    • Then add the melted butter. The mixture will look quite thick and lumpy as shown, but it will be fine once the egg whites are added in the next stage.
    • Fold the egg whites into the bowl with the icing sugar and ground almond mixture.
    • Spoon the mixture into a friand tray and top each one with a couple of chopped cherries.
      Handful of fresh cherries
    • Bake at 180℃ / 350℉ for about twenty minutes or until your cake tester comes out clean. (I put the silicone tray on top of a baking sheet to make it easier to carry.)
    • Cool in the tray for a couple of minutes then press the friands out of the tray and leave them to cool on a rack.
    • Once cool, melt a little dark chocolate in the microwave and use a piping bag to drizzle it over the friands.
      Dark chocolate
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a star rating and comment below to let me know how you got on!
     

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    Comments

    1. Stuart Vettese says

      September 26, 2014 at 7:57 pm

      Thanks for taking the time to enter – a petite treat indeed!

      Reply
    2. Laura@Baking in Pyjamas says

      September 14, 2014 at 2:28 pm

      I like that idea of black forest icing sugar. These look great. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!

      Reply
    3. Helen at Casa Costello says

      September 08, 2014 at 10:25 pm

      Mmm what a clever idea that icing is. Love these little parcels of deliciousness! Thanks again for joining in with #Bakeoftheweek x

      Reply
    4. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

      September 05, 2014 at 9:34 am

      Oooh these look so yummy! I love the black forest combination of flavours x #BakeoftheWeek

      Reply
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