Coconut And Mango Friands Recipes

SUPER EASY ALMOND FRIAND

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift flour into a large bowl.
• Add sugar and ground almonds and stir well.
• In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites until foamy and light-but not firm peaks (you are not making meringues).
• Add egg whites to dry ingredients, add butter, and gently stir everything together until you have thick batter.
• Place 6 small, lightly greased loaf tins (they should hold about half a cup of liquid) onto a baking sheet. Using a dessert spoon, fill 3/4 of each tin with batter. Clean up any spillages or batter on the cake tin rim or sides.
• Cook in center of oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until risen and golden brown; when center is pierced with a toothpick, it should come out clean.
• Leave cakes in tins for 5 minutes, then remove and leave to cool on a wire cooling rack.
• Once cooled, dust with icing sugar, if using.

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.