Blueberry Lemon Friands 蓝莓柠檬费南雪
After my first try on my new friand pan, Pineapple Friands few weeks ago, I baked friands again. This time with Blueberry and Lemon. The method of mixing the ingredients is different from the previous one and I’m very pleased with the end result. So perfect, fragrant and very moist and not greasy at all. I ate two in one go without feeling any sense of guilt as these are quite healthy without any egg yolks being used. Really yummy!
Blueberry Lemon Friands
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: makes 11
Ingredients
- 60g Plain flour
- 95g Icing sugar
- 1 tbsp Lemon zest (grated from 1 large lemon)
- 150g Almond meal (ground almond)
- 200g Butter, melted and cooled
- 150g Blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 5 Egg whites, (190-200g), lightly beaten with a fork
- extra icing sugar, to dust
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Grease a 12 hole non-stick friand pan with butter or cooking spray.
- Sift the flour and icing sugar into a large bowl then add the lemon zest and almond meal. Stir to combine evenly and make a well in the centre.
- Add the egg whites and butter to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined with a hand whisk, do not overbeat. Then fold in the blueberries with a rubber spatula.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes until well risen and golden or insert a skewer into the cake comes out clean.
- Leave the friands in the pans for 5 minutes then carefully lift out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Serve friands dusted with icing sugar or snow powder.
recipe adapted from Coles Recipes
Notes
If you don’t have a friand pan, you can use a 12-hole medium muffin tin instead.
Enjoy!
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Ann, I made these today….they didn't turn out well. I used a muffin tray. They domed during baking and the blueberries burst and overflow all over the tray. Can I tell me what did I do wrong? Nonetheless, my daughter still brought 3 to school to share for her teachers and herself. Thanks!
Ai Li, I think you have filled up the batter too full in the muffin try. That's the reason why the cake will rise too high and deflated after baked. This will makes the blueberries overflow.
Ann, thanks for prompt response. I had also just found out that I forgot to beat the egg white lightly. Does this affect? Thanks anyway for coming to my rescue again.
Is it possible to reduce butter to 120g and top the balance with water? Worried 200g will be too greasy. Thanks!
Chloe
Hi Chloe, Sorry, I'm not sure about the texture of the friands if you reduce the butter as there is little flour used in this recipe.
Dear Ann
What a lovely recipe. I want to try it. Do you think I can use blueberry filling instead of fresh ones?
I really love the way you present your bakes. It never fails to light up my face every time a new recipe pops out from you. Thank you for sharing so much.
Debbie
Hi Debbie,
Thank you very much for your compliment 🙂
Yes you can use blueberry filling but do not add all 150g because the filling is way too sweet. Besides blueberry you can also use fresh strawberry too.
Hi Ann
I would like to try but my kids don't like almond. Can I replace ground almond with plain flour or other ingredient?
JJmum
Hi JJmum, you can use ground hazelnut too. I'm afraid the texture would be a little different if you use plain flour.
I only ever made friands once and my youngest has been reminding about it! I got to bake some soon, yours are so gorgeous! I love your mould!
Ann, I like lemon and blueberry. This recipe will prefectly suit my taste 🙂
The friands look very tasty. I always love how blueberries burst after they are cooked. Love the blueberry and lemon combination. Yum!
hi ann, when you said perfect and fragrant, i know this must be another winner of yours! Nice packaging there!
Ann, what is actually a friand? Whats the difference between this any a muffin? This looks really yummy and simple enough to do. Thanks for sharing!
Ai Li, Friand is actually small tea cake. Only egg whites and almond meal with little flour are used in the recipe while muffin usually add whole eggs and more flour.
Thanks, Ann!
this is light and good, perfect small cakes!
Looks yummy!! My hands are itching!!
hahaa… hope you bake friands soon 🙂
YUM! These Friands look so good & full with berry goodness! I think I can eat more than 2 in one go as you've said these are guilt free treat! Sounds really good for my waistline! 😉
Hi Kit, I saw you posted finamcier with strawberry. Look very yummy too!
These cute little Friands look so inviting, more so with fresh blueberries. Drooling at your clicks!
Cheah, these friands are really very yummy. Will make them again soon.
What a wonderful recipe! Yum! Must be really yummy with the lemon zest and the blueberries!
Ann, these friands could be the best friand I have ever seen! They look fantastic!
A beautiful combination – they make perfect gifts!
Healthy treats with blueberries…. my son would love this!
Loving these blueberries friands. What a coincidence that I also used blueberries to bake but they were cupcakes.
So pretty! I like ur cake box too.
The friands look so delectable! I have quite a bit of egg white from my CNY baking in the freezer. Not sure what I want to do with it. Maybe I should bake some of these. Thanks for sharing Ann.
Gert, You'll not regret after trying this recipe 😀
Ann, love these friands becoz both blueberry & lemon are my fav ingredients in baking, haha! Still hesitating whether should buy the friand baking pan or not, haha, better get a friand from you better!
Jessie, hahaa… I'm sure you got the same 'bad eyes' like me. Sooner or later you'll buy the friand pan 😀
Mmh yum my kind of cake, light with fresh fruits!
Have a try 🙂
Thanks for visiting my blog!
好精致，希望有机会可以尝尝，呵呵：）
鲸鱼，你一定要试试看，真的很好吃！
Ann, this is another lovely bake! I love blueberries and this is perfect 🙂
These blueberry fiands look so good. Are they kind of like a muffin?
I prefer this friand than muffin, the texture is soft and moist.
好吃的蛋糕，可以来一个下午茶吗？？
当然可以啦！多给你几个 😀
Hi Ann! Pardon my ignorance… but how is friand different from normal cakes?
Hi Alvin, I really hope you try this recipe. It is soft and moist because friands are made of almond meal and egg whites. Can always try to add with any other fruits. In fact the texture is better than muffin.
This combo is lovely, am i right to see the shape of the mould in oval? Is unique! The Coles is the Coles in Oz? They hv fabulous monthly recipes.
Tze, I'm sure you can easily get the friand pan at cheaper price during sale. This is the first time I tried the recipe from Coles. Love to bits, easy and delicious!
This combo is lovely, am i right to see the shape of the mould in oval? Is unique! The Coles is the Coles in Oz? They hv fabulous monthly recipes.
Ann , only eleven pieces ? lol Love the lemon and blueberry combo 😀 They look really yummy . Your photos as always are gorgeous !
Anne, thank you for your compliment 🙂 yes only 11 pcs. The cakes will be too low if I make 12 pcs.
Wow, where did u get the pretty lace box? Would certainly love to try your version someday 🙂
hahaa… Shirley, that box was from Daiso and I just placed the lace around the edge of the box. Hope you find time to bake this friand at home.
I love lemon and blueberries together. Now, I'm very tempted to get a friand pan myself. 😛
Amy, you can buy this friand pan online or use a muffin pan to bake this small cake.
Hi Ann, this blueberries look really good. Great for this afternoon tea break with tea or coffee. :))
Nice click. Have a nice day.
Thanks Amelia! Hope you have a great weekend!
很巧，我的早茶也做了finamcier。我个人非常喜欢的小蛋糕。你这个蓝莓柠檬口味太好了，一定很美味，我要一个试试！
Li Shuan,来来来！不用客气，多拿几个当明天早餐。我觉得finamcier口感比muffin好吃，又很健康。
糖粉好像雪花酱，美极了!
其实我对近来拍的照片不是很满意，可能是心情不好吧，随便拍拍就上帖子。
Hello Ann
Oh my, I loves any bakes with blueberries in it and I can say your blueberry friands are the 'healthy' version; with only egg whites and they must be super delicious.
Hi Mel, you must try this recipe at home. Very very delicious! 😀