Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 100 g butter (melted)
  • 2 egg whites
  • 125 g Black Forest icing sugar (available from Sugar and Crumbs)
  • 25 g plain flour
  • 85 g ground almonds
  • Handful of fresh cherries
  • Dark chocolate (to drizzle on top)

Instruction

  • Melt the butter in the microwave and leave to cool for about five minutes.
  • Whisk the egg whites with an electric whisk until the soft peak stage. This will take about one to two minutes.
  • In a different bowl mix together the Black Forest icing sugar, flour and ground almonds.
  • Then add the melted butter. The mixture will look quite thick and lumpy as shown, but it will be fine once the egg whites are added in the next stage.
  • Fold the egg whites into the bowl with the icing sugar and ground almond mixture.
  • Spoon the mixture into a friand tray and top each one with a couple of chopped cherries.
  • Bake at 180 degrees for about twenty minutes or until your cake tester comes out clean. (I put the silicone tray on top of a baking sheet to make it easier to carry.)
  • Cool in the tray for a couple of minutes then press the friands out of the tray and leave them to cool on a rack.
  • Once cool, melt a little dark chocolate in the microwave and use a piping bag to drizzle it over the friands.