"The Cook" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:31:46 +0800, "Bloke Down The Pub"
> > wrote:
>
>>Hello Folks I am looking for a tried and tested recipe for friands. Until
>>last week I had no idea what a friand was but now I find I am in love with
>>them. I have scoured the web and found many recipes, all of which are
>>very
>>similar.I chose one that seemed about middling with its ingredients but
>>both
>>times I attempted it I have ended up with heavy little puddings instead of
>>light airy bite size pieces of bliss.
>>The recipe I used:
>>Melt 17g unsalted butter
>>sift one and a half cups of icing sugar
>>half a cup of plain flour
>>and 1 cup of Almond meal
>>
>>Mix dry ingredients with the butter and five egg whites and the zest of a
>>lemon and then spoon in to muffin or friand tins. Pop a few blueberries
>>or
>>raspberries or any fruit on top and bake at 180C for approx 20 minutes.
>>
>>These were edible but not the great taste I was expecting. What I would
>>like is a recipe that someone has made themselves, including the "Oh and
>>add
>>this or remove that" because I am sure I am missing something.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>
> I think you missed the baking powder. Check this one out.
> http://userealbutter.com/2010/02/21/friands-recipe/
>


This is my problem for every recipe that uses baking powder there is a
recipe that doesn't the quantities of the ingredients tend to vary, not by
much, but by enough. This is why I was hoping for someone that had made
them and that they had turned out ok to reply with their secrets.

Mike