Blueberry friand loaf

Financiers are small almond meal cakes, made with egg whites and melted butter, originating from France. Rumour has it that a French chef living in Australia used the financier technique to create the modern-day friand by adding fruits, nuts or chocolate to the financier cake batter. To this day, friands are a popular pastry that can be found in many cafes across Australia and New Zealand.

• serves

  8

• prep

  10 minutes

• cook

  45 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 180 g butter, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 125 g almond meal
• 75 g plain flour
• 175 g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
• ¼ tsp salt
• 6 egg whites
• 150 g blueberries
• 1 lemon, finely zested

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180˚C. Brush a non-stick loaf tin (22 x 12 x 7 cm) with some melted butter and set aside. Stir the vanilla extract through the remaining melted butter.
   
2. In a large bowl, whisk the almond meal, flour, sugar and salt to remove any lumps. In a second medium bowl, whisk the egg whites. Make a well in the centre of your dry ingredients and fold in the egg whites with a spatula, followed by the butter and vanilla mixture. Stir through the remaining ingredients, then pour the cake batter into the prepared tin.
   
3. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until cooked through. Allow the blueberry friand loaf to cool in the tin, then remove and dust with icing sugar to serve.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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