Strawberry friands are little almond cakes made with egg whites, ground almonds and icing sugar, which are perfect for snacking or to include in lunchboxes.
What are friands
Friands are small almond cakes, that are very popular in Australia. They are quite similar to the French financier cake.
Friands are also very easy to make and taste amazing! My strawberry and lemon friands are full of summer flavours.
To make them, I used a silicone friand tray I found on eBay, they popped out easily and the tray will be easy to clean. If you want a change from cupcakes, why not give them a try!
I’ve linked to a similar tray from Amazon in the recipe card below.
Easy to make as well as tasting great and looking good, they are a real favourite in our house.
I mean how much cuter can you get?!
The strawberries keep their colour during baking as the friands don’t take long to bake due to their small size.
Ingredients
Here’s what you will need for the recipe – measurements are in the recipe card below:
- butter
- egg white
- plain flour
- icing sugar
- ground almonds
- lemon zest
- strawberries
Method
- Melt the butter (I used the microwave) and leave to cool.
- Whisk the egg whites with an electric whisk until the soft peak stage.
- In a different bowl mix together the icing sugar, flour, ground almonds and melted butter. The mixture will look quite thick but don’t worry as it will loosen up when you fold in the egg whites.
- Fold the egg whites into the butter and sugar etc mixture.
- Add the lemon zest. It will then look like this:
- Mix gently until well combined.
- Spoon into your friand tin, or you could use a normal muffin tin. This recipe filled my 8 friand tray.
Top each one with 2 slices of strawberry. - Bake at 180°C for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and risen.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tray for a few minutes, then place on a rack to cool.
Delicious and summery, perfect for a picnic on a summer’s day. My children adored strawberry and lemon friands, and we will make them again and again!
If you like, dust with icing sugar before serving.
More to try
- gingerbread friands
- pistachio and rose financiers
- black forest friands
- rhubarb friands from Tin and Thyme
Pin these strawberry and lemon friands for later!
Recipe
Strawberry and Lemon Friands
Ingredients
- 100 g (½ cups) butter melted
- 2 egg whites
- 125 g (1 cups) icing sugar
- 25 g (3 tbsp) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 85 g (¾ cups) ground almonds
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 4 strawberries
Equipment
Instructions
- Melt the butter (I used the microwave) and leave to cool.100 g butter
- Whisk the egg whites with an electric whisk until the soft peak stage.2 egg whites
- In a different bowl mix together the icing sugar, flour, ground almonds and melted butter. The mixture will look quite thick but don’t worry as it will loosen up when you fold in the egg whites.125 g icing sugar, 25 g plain flour (all-purpose flour), 85 g ground almonds
- Fold the egg whites into the butter and sugar etc mixture.
- Add the lemon zest. It will then look like this.Zest of 1 lemon
- Mix gently until well combined.
- Spoon into your friand tin, or you could use a normal muffin tin. This filled my 8 friand tray.
- Top each one with 2 slices of strawberry.4 strawberries
- Bake at 180℃ / 350℉ for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and risen.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tray for a few minutes, then place on a rack to cool.
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