Financiers

While not as widely known as its near relative the Madeleine, this delicious golden pastry should certainly not be forgotten. Created in the late 19th century in a pastry shop on Paris’s Rue St. Denis, the financier is a truly Parisian delicacy. The financier was created by the renowned Paris pastry chef M. Lasne, and the story behind the invention of this delicious snack is intricately tied to the cake’s Parisian roots. The story goes that chef Lasne’s pas