Strawberry and Vanilla Friands
Little bites of happiness. These strawberry and vanilla friands are moist, light and packed full of flavour! And so simple to make!
Ingredients
Sponge
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 225 g icing sugar plus more for sprinkling
- 75 g plain flour
- 150 g ground almonds
- 1 tsp vanilla extract/paste
- 6 large egg whites
Decoration
- 150 g fresh strawberries chopped
- 2 tbsp flaked almonds
Instructions
- For the sponge: Firstly, preheat the oven to 200C/180CFan/Gas Mark 6. Then cut strips of baking parchment and place in the muffin tin holes of a 12-hole muffin tin. This will give you 'handles' to help remove the friands once they're baked.
- Melt the butter in a small pan or in the microwave, then set aside to cool a little. Sift the icing sugar, flour and ground almonds together into a large bowl, then stir in the vanilla extract. Then in a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites together until foamy and well aerated (you don’t want soft peaks).
- Then pour the whisked egg whites and the melted butter into the dry ingredients and using a spatula carefully fold the mixture together until just combined. Divide the mixture between your muffin tins, and then add chopped strawberries to each – pushing some down into the mixture so they don’t all sit on top. Finally, sprinkle on the flaked almonds and bake for 15-17 minutes until golden brown.
- Leave to cool for a few minutes, then remove from the tins – you might need to run a knife around the friands before pulling on the 'handles' to release them. Dust liberally with icing sugar and serve.
Notes
Friands will keep well in an air-tight container for 1-2 days.