Lemony Prune Friands

I had some egg whites left from making ice cream and not to put them to waste, I made these lemony friands for afternoon tea.  Tossed in some pitted prunes to enhance the flavour and taste.

Recipe for Lemony Prune Friands

Ingredients


• 100 gm melted butter, cooled
• 125 gm icing sugar
• 40 gm plain flour 
• 70 gm almond meal 
• 3 medium egg whites
• Zest from 1 lemon
• 85 gm pitted prunes, chopped
Method
1. Lightly grease and flour the Friand pan.
2. Sift the icing sugar and flour into a bowl, add almond meal, mix well.
3. Whisk egg whites till light and floppy.  Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, tip in the egg whites and lemon rind, then lightly stir in the melted butter to form a soft batter.
4. Scoop the batter into the pan and sprinkle some chopped prunes over each cake.  Bake for 15 - 20 mins.
5. Cool in the pan for about 5 mins. turn out and dust with icing sugar before serving.
6. Yield :  9 Friands










I'm linking this post to the 'Little Thumbs Up' event and the theme for June is 'Butter' organized by 
Zoe of  'Bake for Happy Kids',  Doreen of  'My Little Favourite DIY' and hosted by  
Jozelyn of   'Spice up my Kitchen'.