You are always so sweet 🙂 A few years ago, we moved to another apartment in the same building, and even that short move terrified me! However, the French don’t know about the Australian friands, so you won’t find these cakes sold anywhere in France. One of my friends recently alerted me to the existence on mini friand pans and I knew right away that I had to have one! If you ever need any cake tins, or Alannah Hill items ;), I’m more than happy to be another Australian source of supplies for you. A friand recipe in Australia is quite similar to that for a financier recipe in France, namely that the batter is made from beaten egg whites and contains ground almonds.

I also own a large collection of vintage aspic moulds which I collect whenever I get a chance to visit the flea markets in France. The texture is something else and you can play around with a basic recipe, hampered only by your imagination. Let the friands cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely. While friands aren’t difficult to make, there are a couple of things I will highlight in the ‘how to make’ section. I think the French have caught on to the Australians … when I was last in Paris, I saw friand moulds sold in quite a few places alongside the other cake tins.

To make these friands gluten-free, I would suggest replacing the flour with a gluten-free flour, or even cornflour (cornstarch). Whilst my husband may have rolled his eyes with the addition of yet another baking tin to my bulging collection, he later declared these Lemon Friands to be the best lemon cake he had ever eaten.

I made it once with half the sugar and it still tasted great, definitely less sweet than the normal recipe. By the way, I will never recommend how many portions you should get out of a cake because we’re all different. I'm a Swiss-Australian based in Zurich and I love to cook fast and easy meals for my family, using fresh and seasonal ingredients. A much coveted piece in the UK, it’s almost impossible to source a tin version and often you have to make do with a silicone mold which never quite produce the best bake unfortunately. It seems that the fruit toppings weigh down the batter a bit, so that the cakes do not rise as much.

I use a non-stick baking spray, plus a light dusting of flour, to make sure that the cakes slip out easily. About this product This MasterClass 12-Hole Non-Stick Friand Tin is made of commercial-grade carbon steel and features a clever double non-stick coating. Bake the friands in the oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until they are lightly golden and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. My mini friand pan has 20 holes and you would need to halve the recipe below to make just enough batter to fill them.

Please note: Stoneware, glass and electrical items can only be delivered to UK addresses (including UK Offshore). Friands were, however, created by a French chef working in Australia in the 1990s, who decided to bake the traditional French financiers in an aspic mould to produce a much larger cake, almost the size of a muffin. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Manufactured from heavy duty commercial weight 1mm steel, with a double non-stick coating, this MasterClass Non-Stick Twelve Hole Friand Pan forms part of the MasterClass award winning collection that guarantees many years of satisfying cooking and baking.Hi lovely I’m wanting t9 try your friands I have made some on the past but wanting t9 try gluten free now. But I have copied the pic of the Friand tin and it is on its merry e-mail way to my Sister in law in Australia. I have to admit to not having a clue what a Friand was until reading your post but they do sound delicious.