Friands

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 230°C. Grease 10–12 individual friand moulds or a 10–12 hole friand tin with butter.
2. Put the butter in a small saucepan, cook gently until pale golden, then set aside.
3. Mix the ground almonds in a bowl with the orange rind, icing sugar and flour until combined. Add the egg whites and the warm butter, pouring the butter in carefully and holding back any browned solids that have sunk to the bottom. Mix well together.
4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared moulds, half-filling each. Top each with 2 or 3 raspberries if using, then place the moulds on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes.
5. Reduce the oven temperature to 200°C and bake for a further 12–15 minutes.
6. Turn the oven off and leave the cakes in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
7. Turn the oven off and leave the cakes in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.