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Classic French Financier Cakes With Brown Butter

Classic French financier tea cakes are packaged in a lovely white box with red, white, and blue ribbon.
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Learn how to make classic French financier cakes with browned butter, almond flour, and egg whites. These delicate mini almond tea cakes are simple, elegant, and perfect with coffee or tea.

Ingredients

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  • 7 tablespoons salted butter
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons almond extract
  • 2/3 cup almond flour
  • 2/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 4 egg whites
  • Slivered almonds

Instructions

  1. Brown the butter – Browning the butter (beurre noisette as they call it in France) to get that rich nutty smell and flavor is the main key to making these little tea cakes. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. The butter will begin to foam and hiss. Swirl the butter constantly while it’s browning. Continue swirling until done. You’ll know it’s done when there are small brown bits in the bottom of the pan and butter has turned an amber brown. Remove from the heat immediately and transfer the butter to a small heat-proof bowl, and let it cool. While it’s cooling, whisk in the almond extract.
  2. Mix the dry ingredients – Sift the almond flour, powdered sugar, flour, and salt into a mixing bowl. After the browned butter has cooled, add it to the dry ingredients and whisk until combined. Add half of the egg whites and mix again until combined. Add the second half of the egg whites and whisk until the batter is smooth and creamy.
  3. Bake the financiers – Coat a non-stick mini muffin pan with cooking spray. You could use mini muffin liners if you don’t have a non-stick muffin tin. Fill about 3/4 of each muffin cup. Use the back of a small spoon and smooth the batter in each cup. Top each muffin with three slivered almonds and bake for 25 minutes. When they’re done baking, the edges should be golden and crispy, and a cake tester should come out clean when inserted into the middle of a cake.

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