Financiers

Financiers are small french cakes which usually contain ground almonds.

It is similar to the friands (check em' out here) which are available in many flavours... & are a hit in Australia & New Zealand.

Sift the dry mixture two times

Measure out the sugar & almond ground

Place egg whites in clean bowl.
Whisk till frothy.
Add sugar and whisk well till foamy.

Mix in the ground almonds, vanilla and dry-ingredient-mix.
Mix well after adding each.
Voila, a sticky batter.

Clarifying the butter (end-product should be more brown than that)

Skim the fats off the top of the clarified butter

Mix the butter into the egg-white-mix

Fill the moulds with batter, 1/3 full...to bake !

Makes 8

Ingredients

• Cake flour, 50g
• Corn flour, 5g
• Baking powder, ½ tsp
• Egg Whites, 3
• Sugar, 100g
• Almonds, ground, 60g
• Vanilla essence, ½ tsp
• Salt, a pinch
• Butter, unsalted, 130g

Methods

1. Preheat oven to 220ºC.
2. Grease 8 small oval moulds.
3. Sift all the dry ingredients (except sugar and almonds), two times.
4. Place egg whites in a clean bowl and beat lightly.
5. Add sugar, mix well.
6. Add almonds, vanilla and dry-ingredient-mix, mix well after adding each ingredient.
7. Clarify the butter by heating it in a saucepan over medium-low heat* until it turns golden brown.
8. Immediately lace the saucepan in a cold-water-bath to stop the cooking of butter.
9. Skim off the fats from the top of the butter.
10. Mix butter with the egg-white-mix and stir well.
11. Pour batter into moulds, filling 1/3 full and bake for 15 minutes.
12. Remove and cool on wire rack.
13. Serve!

* the butter was not clarified very well here, might need to take 30-40 minutes for it to turn golden-brown.

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How was it?
So good. If you are looking for some buttery goodness, this is it. My brothers loved it & ate it all. yay ©