Lemon & Blueberry Friands

friand is a petite cake,

& a popular Aussie bake!

this will be great,

in the summer with a cuppa by the lake,

plus it's an easy one to make!

 

Makes 9 mini rectangular friands

Ingredients
- 6 egg whites, beaten till foamy
- 1 cup (100g) ground almonds, sieved
- zest of 1 lemon (~3/4 teaspoon)
- 1 cup (110g) icing sugar, sieved
- 40g cake flour, sieved
- 30g plain flour, sieved
- 175g butter, melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup (45g) dried blueberries

Methods
1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and grease 9 friand tins.
2. Fold the dry ingredients (except blueberries) into the foamy egg white until well combined.
3. Fold in the melted butter and stir in the blueberries until well-combined. 
4. Fill each greased friand tin till 3/4 full.
5. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
6. Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes befoore turning out to cool on a wire rack. 

Drizzle some non-fat mixed berry yogurt over the friand and top with dried blueberries to serve, enjoy!

How was it?
as good as it's gonna get! tasted almost like butter cake...the tinge of lemon was lovely...texture was light and semi-spongey, mm-hmm I couldn't help but go for a 2nd one! i reduced the sugar by 1/2 cup so yes it wasn't too sweet. 

Better it up!
instead of stirring in all the blueberries, reserve some to sprinkle over the batter just before baking. 

Verdict

Recipe adapted from
Technicolor Kitchen