Strawberry and Lemon Friands

5 from 2 votes

Little cakes with strawberry pieces, flavoured with lemon zest, almond friands are similar to the French financier cake.

Course Baking

Cuisine British

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 228kcal

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.