Todd Eyre
Tender, sweet and tasty, these delicate French-style cakes are the perfect accompaniment to your morning or afternoon tea.
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Almond and strawberry friands
Let’s face it, we can all do with a good friand right now.
Pear and almond friands
Light and buttery treats.
Cherry friands
Make the most of cherry season.
Christmas fruit and spice friands
These fruit and spice friands are a delightful treat for a Christmas day brunch or breakfast.
Almond friands
Deliciously light and perfectly sweet.
Strawberry & almond friand slice
Friand meets slice, equals utterly delicious.
Sweet pea friands
A dollop of lemon mascarpone and a drizzle of lemon syrup makes these fluffy sweet pea friands from The Australian Women’s Weekly ‘Real Sweet’ cookbook the ideal morning tea treat.
Figgy friands
Topped with fresh figs and flaked almonds, these sweet gluten-free friands are the perfect addition to your morning or afternoon tea.
Tamarillo and coconut friands
These delicate little French almond cakes are irresistible, plus they’re also gluten-free
Lemon and poppyseed friands
Delicious and buttery lemon and poppyseed friands! The perfect treat for your next morning tea or brunch!
Pistachio friands with honey pistachio syrup
These delightful pistachio friands with honey pistachio syrup are sweet, nutty, and fluffy. These go perfectly with a hot cuppa for morning or afternoon tea.
Hazelnut and apple friands
Full of juicy apple pieces and crunchy hazelnuts, these light and fluffy friands are beautiful enjoyed with a mug of coffee for a relaxing afternoon treat.
Decadent chocolate friands
No friand tray? Bake in a 12-hole (1/3-cup) muffin tray. Replace hazelnut meal with almond meal, and use leftover egg yolks in omelets and custards. Note
Peach friands
Drain peach slices well on paper towel before chopping. Note
Orange and poppy seed friands
Sweet, fluffy and golden, these beautiful orange and poppy seed friands are wonderful served topped with a oozy citrus syrup, keeping the cakes deliciously moist.
Banana maple friands
These delectably sticky friands are moist and and incredibly moreish. Enjoy them on their own, or with a generous dollop of thickened cream.
Raspberry and white chocolate friands
It’s always lovely to finish a meal with a little something sweet. Here, we’ve taken these raspberry friands to a new level of decadence by adding white chocolate.
Pistachio and lime friands
In France, friands are better known as financiers because they were originally baked in tiny, gold-bar shaped pans. These dainty little pistachio and lime friands are perfect for morning or afternoon tea.
Lemon and cranberry friands
These popular French cakes are light, fluffy and delicious served with a dollop of yoghurt on the side.
Orange blossom friands
Orange blossom water, also known as orange flower water, is made by distilling the blossoms of the bitter-orange tree. These orange blossom friands are sweet, bitter and fragrant all at once. Divine.
Chocolate and coconut dessert friands
We used chocolate with a 70% cocoa content. If paradise pears are unavailable, substitute 5 canned pear halves and omit step 1. Note
Coconut and pineapple friands
Store friands in an airtight container for up to three days. We used freeform paper cases made by pushing a 12cm square of paper (we used paper about the same thickness as printer paper) into ungreased pan holes, followed by a 12cm square of baking paper. variation peach and coconut friands Omit the glacé pineapple […]
Chocolate hazelnut friands
Loaf and oval-shaped pans are available in racks, or as individual pans. It’s the individual pans that need to be stood and baked on an oven tray, simply for easy handling. Note
Coffee and walnut friands
Moist and nutty little coffee and walnut friands are utterly moreish.
Brandied cherry friands
Cherries, pecans and brandy go together beautifully in these popular little cakes.
Hazelnut espresso friands
Sweet and rich hazelnut and espresso friands make a delicate and exquisite afternoon tea treat.
Lime and berry friands
These little lime and berry friands may be tiny, but they’re absolutely bursting with flavour.
Coffee friands
Enjoy a bite of heaven with these light and fluffy homemade coffee friands. They are gorgeous enjoyed with your mid-morning or afternoon coffee as a relaxing treat with friends.
Mini choc-chip friands
These mini choc chip friands can be made a day ahead if you’re baking to entertain, and go down a treat with a cup of good coffee. They also freeze well, just don’t ice them beforehand.
Mini strawberry friands
Strawberries are jam-packed with the good health-promoting vitamins A and C. Note
Peach friands with orange mascarpone frosting
storage Friands will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2 days, or in the freezer (without frosting) for 2 months. Note
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