Financiers

Name: Financiers
Yield: For about 16, depending on the size of your mold
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ cup plus 2 tbsp (150 g) unsalted butter; ⅓ cup plus 1 tbsp (50 g) all-purpose flour; 1½ cups (150 g) confectioners’ sugar; ½ cup (60 g) almond flour or finely ground almonds; Pinch of salt; 3 egg whites

Preparation info

For about
16
, depending on the size of your mold

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Made Summer

By Yvette van Boven

Published 2013

About

Financiers aren’t ordinary cakes. The browned butter and the egg white turn them into indescribably delicate, airy almond treats. You can buy them on every Paris street corner, but I don’t see them much in the Netherlands. They’re the easiest cakes in the world to make yourself. Pretty crazy, huh?

Ingredients

½ cup plus 2 tbsp (150 g) unsalted butter
⅓

Europe
Netherlands
France
Cake
Summer
Paris
Provence
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F 200°C). Thoroughly grease your financier pans. Heat the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until the solids sink to the bottom of the pan in small crumbs and the fat becomes nicely dark and hazelnut colored and clear. This takes about 15 minutes,