Coconut And Cherry Friands Recipes

LIME AND ALMOND FRIANDS

Steps:

• Grease and flour a non-stick 12 hole friand tin or 12 medium muffin holes.
• Pre-heat oven to 375F (180C).
• Melt butter gently in the microwave oven.
• Place egg whites in a medium bowl and whisk lightly until just combined.
• Add melted butter, almond meal, powdered sugar and flour, then lime zest and juice, and whisk again until just combined.
• Divide mixture evenly among the prepared pans.
• Top each friand with an almond.
• Bake in the moderately hot oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned- the friands should spring back when touched.
• Remove from oven and let sit in the pan for around 5 minutes, before turning out onto wire racks to cool, right way up.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with a little extra sifted powdered sugar, and a dollop of cream.

BERRY FRIANDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Melt the butter either in the microwave or in a saucepan over low heat on the stove. Set aside.
• Sift the icing sugar, flour and baking powder together into a large bowl. Add the almond meal and stir to combine.
• Add the egg whites and stir to combine.
• Add the butter and stir to combine. Don't worry if there are a few lumps, just make sure there aren't too many. Mixture should be medium thick.
• Lightly grease 10 muffin cups of about 1/2-cup capacity. If your tray has 12, grease 10 and fill the remaining cups with water.
• Spoon 2 tablespoons into each cup, then sprinkle 2-4 blueberries on top.
• Bake for 15-25 minutes, or until they spring back lightly when touched.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT FRIANDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan forced).
• Lightly grease 9 x 1/2 cup friand pans.
• Sift flour, cocoa powder and icing sugar into a medium bowl and stir in hazelnut meal and chocolate, make a well at centre.
• Add butter and egg white to dry ingredients, mix until well combined.
• Pour mixture evenly into prepared pans.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 5 minutes, transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Serve dusted with extra icing sugar.

COCONUT AND MANGO FRIANDS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350°F
• Combine castor sugar, flour, almond meal and coconut in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the egg whites and stir well with a wooden spoon.
• Add the melted butter and stir well to combine all the ingredients.
• Spoon the mixture into silicone or greased mini loaf pans so that it reaches 3/4 of the way up the side.
• Press several pieces of mango into the cake mixture in each tin. Do the same with the dried cranberries.
• Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are golden. Test the cake by skewering a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean the cake is ready.
• Remove cakes from the oven and cool in pans for about 4 minutes.
• Gently turn the cakes out of the tins and cool on a wire rack.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar just before serving.
• To store, keep friands in a air-tight container for up to a week.

COCONUT AND CHERRY FRIANDS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180celsius and lightly grease and flour muffin or friand pans.
• whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold in the cherries, sugar, almond, LSA and flour.
• Gently fold in the coconut oil and pour into the pans. It will be very very wet.
• Lightly Sprinkle the coconut over the top and back for 20-25 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.