Black Forest Cherry Friands
Little almond cakes with black forest cherry and chocolate flavours, great for afternoon tea
Servings 8
Calories 225kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g butter melted
- 2 egg whites
- 125 g Black Forest icing sugar available from Sugar and Crumbs
- 25 g plain flour
- 85 g ground almonds
- Handful of fresh cherries
- Dark chocolate to drizzle on top
Instructions
- Melt the butter in the microwave and leave to cool for about five minutes.
- Whisk the egg whites with an electric whisk until the soft peak stage. This will take about one to two minutes.
- In a different bowl mix together the Black Forest icing sugar, flour and 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.
- Bake at 180 degrees 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.
Nutrition
Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 310IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 0.5mg