Black Forest Cherry Friands

5 from 2 votes

Little almond cakes with black forest cherry and chocolate flavours, great for afternoon tea

Course Baking

Cuisine French

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 225kcal

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