Mango and Almond meal Friands .. 杏仁芒果Friands小蛋糕

It is mango season now.Everywhere here, you can see lots of mangoes hanging on the mango trees .. lol   

'Friand' is a new word to me. When i first saw this word in Ann's blog i thought it means friend but what does friend has to do with baking. Then i realise it is not friend but its friand. :D :D :D

The Friand (pronouced free-onds) is a small oval-shaped French cake often mistaken for a muffin which is not. It is baked in a special purpose oval tin called friand tin or barquette mould (shape like a boat mould) It is also appears to be related to financier, though sometimes the same mixture is baked in a rectangle tin for financier. Financier mean 'Gold Ingot' which the shape resembles. Both are popular in western cafes and comes with variety of flavours. You can have Mango and Pistachio Friands from Ann and Lemony Prunes from Cheah.

I don't have friand tins, i replace it with muffin tins. I am trying to search for the friand tins around the baking supplies in my place but unfortunately can't find any :(

This friands taste fabulous. Love the texture, it is moist and dense but it is soft. They cute and  prefect for a morning breakfast or a afternoon tea.

 My youngest polish 1 once the friands are out of the oven and he reserved another one for his afternoon tea  ;D

Mango and Almond Friands

Recipe source : adapted from Ann from Anncoo Journal with a little changes in purple

Originally from recipe adapted from Taste.com  by Ann

Ingredients: - makes 4-5

70g Almond meal

60g Icing sugar

30g Plain flour

105g Egg whites

95g Butter, melted, cooled

1-2 Mango, sliced

 To Do:

• Preheat oven to 180C. Grease friand pan (I don't have friand pan, i use muffin pan) with butter or cooking spray. Add almond meal to icing sugar and flour into a mixing bowl.

• Use a fork to whisk egg whites in a large bowl until frothy. Add butter and almond  mixture. Stir gently until just combined.

• Fill prepared pans. Lay mango slices over batter and bake for 25-30 minutes or until firm. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar or snow powder. (i forgot to dust mind with icing sugar :p)

ENJOY!! 

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